Growth and longevity of the tubeworm Ridgeia piscesae in the variable diffuse flow habitats of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 344, Issue , 2007, Pages 143-157

  Urcuyo, Istvan A ^a,b   Bergquist, Derk C ^a,d   MacDonald, Ian R ^c   VanHorn, Mark ^a   Fisher, Charles R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^d MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Hydrothermal; Juan de Fuca; Ridgeia; Tubeworm; Vestimentiferan

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANNELID; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; LONGEVITY; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOTYPE;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

RIDGEIA; RIDGEIA PISCESAE; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 34748880893     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06710     Document Type: Article

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