Egg predation fuels unique species association at deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-93

  Järnegren, Johanna ^a   Tobias, Craig R ^b   Macko, Stephen A ^c   Young, Craig M ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG PREDATION; HYDROCARBON SEEP; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

EID: 27844573387     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3593126     Document Type: Article

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