Thermal preference and tolerance of alvinellids

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5771, 2006, Pages 231-

  Girguis, Peter R ^a   Lee, Raymond W ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VENTS;

ALVINELLIDS; HEAT-TOLERANT WORMS; STEEP THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMAL PREFERENCES;

INSECT CONTROL;

HYDROTHERMAL VENT; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALVINELLA POMPEJANA; ALVINELLID; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEATING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PARALVINELLA SULFINCOLA; POLYCHAETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WORM;

ANIMALS; HEAT; MOVEMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYCHAETA; PRESSURE; SEAWATER;

ALVINELLIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 33645807367     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1125286     Document Type: Article

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12. We thank the crew of the R.V. Thompson, the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Science (ROPOS) group, the New Millennium Observatory group, B. Chadwick, B. Embley, V. Tunnicliffe, A. Bates, J. Marcus, R. Romjue, G. Henry, J. Rutherford, O. Kelley, and J. Delaney. Funding was provided by the NSF, the West Coast and Polar Regions National Undersea Research Center, and the Packard Foundation (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute).