Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions of hydrocarbon-seep bivalves on the Gulf of Mexico lower continental slope

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 21-23, 2010, Pages 1957-1964

  Becker, Erin L ^a   Lee, Raymond W ^b   Macko, Stephen A ^c   Faure, Baptiste M ^a   Fisher, Charles R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymodiolin Mussel; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrocarbon Seep; Methane; Stable Isotopes; Vesicomyid Clam

Indexed keywords

BATHYMODIOLIN MUSSEL; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDROCARBON SEEP; STABLE ISOTOPES; VESICOMYID CLAM;

ECOLOGY; LAKES; METHANE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SEAWATER; TISSUE;

ISOTOPES;

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; HYDROCARBON SEEP; INORGANIC NITROGEN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER DEPTH;

BATHYMODIOLUS CHILDRESSI; BIVALVIA; CALYPTOGENA PONDEROSA; CALYPTOGENA SP.; VESICOMYIDAE;

EID: 78349312270     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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