Mixotrophy in the deep sea: A dual endosymbiotic hydrothermal mytilid assimilates dissolved and particulate organic matter

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 405, Issue , 2010, Pages 187-201

  Riou, Virginie ^a,b   Colaço, Ana ^a   Bouillon, Steven ^b,e   Khripounoff, Alexis ^c   Dando, Paul ^d   Mangion, Perrine ^b   Chevalier, Emilie ^b   Korntheuer, Michael ^b   Santos, Ricardo Serrão ^a   Dehairs, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bathymodiolus azoricus; Deep sea; Hydrothermal vent; Mussel; Nitrogen and carbon assimilation; Particulate and dissolved material

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIVALVE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ENDOSYMBIONT; FILTER FEEDING; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MIXOTROPHY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT TRAP; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES TRIPLE JUNCTION;

BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS; CYANOBACTERIA; MYTILIDAE;

EID: 77952332406     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08515     Document Type: Article

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