Deep Sea Ecosystems on the Equatorial African Margin: First results of a Pluridisciplinary Environmental Programme and Discovery of Chemosynthetic Based Ecosystem

International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 198-214

  Sibuet, M ^a   Galeron J ^a   Khripounoff, A ^a   Menot, L ^a   Olu LeRoy, K ^a   Durrieu, J ^b   Mine J ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GAS EMISSIONS; MICROORGANISMS; OCEAN HABITATS; OFFSHORE DRILLING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTS; WELL DRILLING;

CHEMOSYNTHETIC PROCESSES; MACROFAUNAL ORGANISMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1642517484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/73875-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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