First discovery of a cold seep on the continental margin of the central Red Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 94, Issue , 2012, Pages 247-253

  Batang, Zenon B ^a   Papathanassiou, Evangelos ^b   Al Suwailem, Abdulaziz ^a   Smith, Chris ^b   Salomidi, Maria ^b   Petihakis, George ^b   Alikunhi, Nabeel M ^a   Smith, Lloyd ^a   Mallon, Francis ^a   Yapici, Tahir ^a   Fayad, Nabil ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brine pool; Cold seep; Metazoan fauna; Microbial mat; Polychaete tubeworm; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

COLD SEEPS; METAZOAN FAUNA; MICROBIAL MAT; RED SEA; TUBEWORMS;

LAKES; MICROORGANISMS;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

BRINE; COLD SEEP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MICROBIAL MAT; POLYCHAETE; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; WATER DEPTH;

INDIAN OCEAN; MAKKAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA; THUWAL;

METAZOA; POLYCHAETA; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 84856250633     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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