Alternate unstable states: Convergent paths of succession in hydrocarbon-seep tubeworm-associated communities

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 339, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-176

  Cordes, Erik E ^a,b   Bergquist, Derk C ^c   Predmore, Benjamin L ^a,c   Jones, Chris ^a   Deines, Peter ^a,d   Telesnicki, Guy ^a   Fisher, Charles R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold seep; Deep sea; Ecosystem engineering; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrogen sulfide; Vestimentiferan

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ANNELID; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBON SEEP; SUCCESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

GASTROPODA; LAMELLIBRACHIA LUYMESI; SEEPIOPHILA JONESI;

EID: 33749663425     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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