Epifaunal community structure associated with Riftia pachyptila aggregations in chemically different hydrothermal vent habitats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 305, Issue , 2005, Pages 67-77

  Govenar, Breea ^a,d   Le Bris, Nadine ^b   Gollner, Sabine ^c   Glanville, Joanne ^a   Aperghis, Adrienne B ^a   Hourdez, Stéphane ^a,e   Fisher, Charles R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Benthos; Community structure; East Pacific Rise; Epifauna; Hydrothermal vent; Riftia pachyptila

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPIFAUNA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOOBENTHOS;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

POLYCHAETA; RIFTIA; RIFTIA PACHYPTILA;

EID: 31844456983     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps305067     Document Type: Article

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