Temporal variation of currents, particulate flux and organism supply at two deep-sea hydrothermal fields of the Azores Triple Junction

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 532-551

  Khripounoff, Alexis ^a   Vangriesheim, Annick ^a   Crassous, Philippe ^a   Segonzac, Michel ^a   Lafon, Virginie ^b   Warén, Anders ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Azores Triple Junction; Bivalve larvae; Bivalve reproduction; Currents; Deep sea hydrothermal vents; Mid Atlantic Ridge; North Atlantic; Particle composition; Particle flux

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR;

BIVALVE LARVAE; BIVALVE REPRODUCTION; DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL FIELDS; HYDROTHERMAL PARTICULATE; PARTICLE COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE FLUX;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CURRENT DIRECTION; DEEP SEA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; OCEANIC CURRENT; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPAWNING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ALGAE; BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS; BIVALVIA; MYTILIDAE;

EID: 41649116604     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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