Macro-ecology of gulf of Mexico cold seeps

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 143-168

  Cordes, Erik E ^a   Bergquist, Derk C ^b   Fisher, Charles R ^c  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymodiolin; Chemosynthesis; Siboglinidae; Succession; Symbiosis; Upper Louisiana slope

Indexed keywords

BATHYMODIOLIN; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; LOUISIANA; SIBOGLINIDAE; SUCCESSION; SYMBIOSIS;

HOT SPRINGS; HYDROCARBONS; SHELLFISH;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIVALVIA; POLYCHAETA; SIBOGLINIDAE; VESTIMENTIFERA;

ANIMAL; COLD; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEA; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; MEXICO; OCEANS AND SEAS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 71749103728     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163912     Document Type: Review

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