Out of the deep sea into a land-based aquarium environment: Investigating physiological adaptations in the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 357-364

  Bettencourt, Raul ^a   Costa, Valentina ^a   Laranjo, Mário ^a   Rosa, Domitília ^a   Pires, Luís ^a   Colaço, Ana ^a   Lopes, Humberto ^a   Serrão Santos, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bathymodiolus azoricus; Deep sea adaptations; Gene expression; Glycosylation; Hydrostatic pressure; Hydrothermal vents; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIVALVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEEP SEA; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAVY METAL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHANE; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS; BIVALVIA;

EID: 79951968084     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq119     Document Type: Article

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