Colonisation of newly-opened habitat by a pioneer species, Alvinella pompejana (Polychaeta: Alvinellidae), at East Pacific Rise vent sites

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 302, Issue , 2005, Pages 147-157

  Pradillon, Florence ^a,c   Zbinden, Magali ^a   Mullineaux, Lauren S ^b   Gaill, Françoise ^a  

^a Université Pierre et Marie Curie ^*  (France)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Experimental colonisation; Hydrothermal vent; Migration; Patch distribution; Polychaete; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; PATCH DYNAMICS; PIONEER SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALVINELLA POMPEJANA; ALVINELLIDAE; ANIMALIA; METAZOA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 28444453337     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps302147     Document Type: Article

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