Succession of hydrocarbon seep communities associated with the long-lived foundation species Lamellibrachia luymesi

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 305, Issue , 2005, Pages 17-29

  Cordes, Erik E ^a,c   Hourdez, Stephane ^b   Predmore, Benjamin L ^a   Redding, Meredith L ^a   Fisher, Charles R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic habitat; Community ecology; Deep sea; Facilitation; Foundation species; Hydrocarbon seep; Hydrogen sulfide; Succession; Vestimentiferan

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACILITATION; HYDROCARBON SEEP; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SUCCESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

LAMELLIBRACHIA LUYMESI;

EID: 31844451100     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps305017     Document Type: Article

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