Ecological implications of surficial marine gas hydrates for the associated small-sized benthic biota at the Hydrate Ridge (Cascadia Convergent Margin, NE Pacific)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 243, Issue , 2002, Pages 25-38

  Sommer, Stefan ^a   Pfannkuche, Olaf ^a   Rickert, Dirk ^a   Kähler, Anja ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic carbon turnover; Cascadia subduction zone; Gas hydrate; Hydrate Ridge; Small sized benthic biota

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GAS HYDRATE; MICROBIAL MAT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; HYDRATE RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; BIVALVIA; CALYPTOGENA; CALYPTOGENA SP.; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MOLLUSCA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037073370     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps243025     Document Type: Article

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