Establishment and persistence of seep vestimentiferan aggregations on the upper Louisiana slope of the Gulf of Mexico

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 241, Issue , 2002, Pages 89-98

  Bergquist, Derk C ^a   Urcuyo, Istvan A ^a   Fisher, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold seep; Gulf of Mexico; Life history; Recruitment; Vestimentiferans

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COLD SEEP; GROWTH RATE; SIZE STRUCTURE;

GULF OF MEXICO;

LAMELLIBRACHIA; LAMELLIBRACHIA CF. LUYMESI; SEEPIOPHILA JONESI; VESTIMENTIFERA;

EID: 0037019908     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps241089     Document Type: Article

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