Response of hydrothermal vent vestimentiferan Riftia pachyptila to differences in habitat chemistry

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 435-442

  Scott, Kathleen M ^a   Boller, Amanda J ^a   Dobrinski, Kimberly P ^a   Le Bris, Nadine ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls sur Mer   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; CARBON FIXATION; DEEP SEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS EXCHANGE; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; POLYCHAETE; SULFIDE; SYMBIONT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RIFTIA PACHYPTILA;

EID: 84855993664     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1821-5     Document Type: Article

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