Three-year investigations into sperm whale-fall ecosystems in Japan

Marine Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 219-232

  Fujiwara, Yoshihiro ^a   Kawato, Masaru ^a   Yamamoto, Tomoko ^b   Yamanaka, Toshiro ^c   Sato Okoshi, Waka ^d   Noda, Chikayo ^a,e   Tsuchida, Shinji ^a   Komai, Tomoyuki ^f   Cubelio, Sherine Sonia ^a,g   Sasaki, Takenori ^h   Jacobsen, Karen ⁱ   Kubokawa, Kaoru ^h   Fujikura, Katsunori ^a   Maruyama, Tadashi ^a   Furushima, Yasuo ^a   Okoshi, Kenji ^j   Miyake, Hiroshi ^a,k   Miyazaki, Masayuki ^a   Nogi, Yuichi ^a   Yatabe, Akiko ^a,g   Okutani, Takashi ^a   more..

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^g TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁱ In Situ Scientific Illustration   (United States)

^j ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k Enoshima Aquarium   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Adipicola pacifica; Chemosynthetic community; Succession; Sulfide concentration; Whale fall

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; COLD SEEP; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP WATER; EPIFAUNA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; SUCCESSION; WHALE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ADIPICOLA PACIFICA; CEPHALOCHORDATA; CETACEA; GASTROPODA; MYTILIDAE; OSEDAX; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 33847776751     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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