Attachment of Foraminifera to vestimentiferan tubeworms at cold seeps: Refuge from seafloor hypoxia and sulfide toxicity

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Sen Gupta, Barun K ^a   Smith, Lorene E ^a   Lobegeier, Melissa K ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Elevated microhabitats; Epibenthos; Foraminifera; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrocarbon seeps; Vestimentiferan tubeworms

Indexed keywords

COLD SEEP ORGANISM; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HYDROCARBON SEEP; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; HYPOXIA; MICROHABITAT; REFUGE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TOXICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CIBICIDES; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33845417699     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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