Hydrothermal faunal assemblages and habitat characterisation at the Eiffel Tower edifice (Lucky Strike, Mid-Atlantic Ridge)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-255

  Cuvelier, Daphne ^a   Sarradin, Pierre Marie ^b   Sarrazin, Jozée ^b   Colaço, Ana ^a   Copley, Jon T ^c   Desbruyères, Daniel ^b   Glover, Adrian G ^d   Santos, Ricardo Serrão ^a   Tyler, Paul A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faunal assemblage; Hydrothermal vent; Microhabitat; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Physico chemical characterisation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL ORGANISM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LIMITING FACTOR; METHANE; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROHABITAT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LUCKY STRIKE FIELD; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

ALVINOCARIDIDAE; BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; MIROCARIS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 79955016303     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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