Macrofaunal community structure and sulfide flux at gas hydrate deposits from the Cascadia convergent margin, NE Pacific

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 231, Issue , 2002, Pages 121-138

  Sahling, Heiko ^a   Rickert, Dirk ^a   Lee, Raymond W ^a   Linke, Peter ^a   Suess, Erwin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biomass; Chemoautotrophy; Cold seep; Community structure; Diversity; Gas hydrate; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; GAS HYDRATE; MACROBENTHOS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

CASCADIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACHARAX; AMPHARETIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; BIVALVIA; CALYPTOGENA; CALYPTOGENA KILMERI; CALYPTOGENA PACIFICA; DORVILLEIDAE; GASTROPODA; HYALOGYRINA; NUCULANA; POLYCHAETA; POLYNOIDAE; PROVANNA LAEVIS; PROVANNA LOMANA; PRYOPELTA CORYMBA; PYROPELTA; SOLEMYA; SOLEMYOIDA; VESICOMYA PACIFICA;

EID: 0037156033     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps231121     Document Type: Article

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