Distribution of diffuse flow megafauna in two sites on the Eastern Lau Spreading Center, Tonga

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2041-2056

  Podowski, Elizabeth L ^a   Moore, Tom S ^b   Zelnio, Kevin A ^a   Luther III, George W ^b   Fisher, Charles R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Eastern Lau Spreading Center; GIS; Hydrothermal vents; In situ voltammetry; Lau basin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; BIOLOGICAL SUBSTRATA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DIFFUSE FLOW; GIS; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; HYDROTHERMALLY; IN-SITU; IN-SITU INSTRUMENTS; MEGAFAUNA; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; SPATIAL CONTEXT; SPATIAL RELATIONS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION; TEMPERATURE DATA; TOXIC CHEMICALS; VISUALIZATION TOOLS;

ANIMALS; DATA VISUALIZATION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOT SPRINGS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; VOLTAMMETRY;

VENTS;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRAB; GIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SNAIL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYMBIONT;

LAU BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACTINIARIA; ALVINICONCHA; ANEMONE; AUSTINOGRAEA; BATHYMODIOLUS BREVIOR; BRACHYURAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; IFREMERIA NAUTILEI; PROVANNIDAE;

EID: 71749120767     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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