Microfauna-macrofauna interaction in the seafloor: Lessons from the tubeworm

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 0375-0378

  Boetius, Antje ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEA WATER; SULFIDE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOSYMBIONT; GROWTH RATE; HOST; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LONGEVITY; MACROFAUNA; OXIDATION; REPRODUCTION; SEA LEVEL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; WORM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CARIBBEAN REGION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 18044391462     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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