Nutritional associations among fauna at hydrocarbon seep communities in the Gulf of Mexico

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 292, Issue , 2005, Pages 51-60

  MacAvoy, Stephen E ^a,b   Fisher, Charles R ^c   Carney, Robert S ^d   Macko, Stephen A ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemosynthesis; Hydrocarbon seeps; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSYNTHESIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBON SEEP; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREEN CANYON; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA SLOPE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; POGONOPHORA; RIFTIA PACHYPTILA; SIPUNCULA;

EID: 20444469316     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps292051     Document Type: Article

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