Survival of mussels in extremely acidic waters on a submarine volcano

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 344-348

  Tunnicliffe, Verena ^a   Davies, Kimberley T A ^a,e   Butterfield, David A ^b   Embley, Robert W ^c   Rose, Jonathan M ^a   Chadwick Jr , William W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 67649233471     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo500     Document Type: Article

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