Microdistribution of Faunal Assemblages at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents in the Southern Ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Marsh, Leigh ^a   Copley, Jonathan T ^a   Huvenne, Veerle A I ^b   Linse, Katrin ^c   Reid, William D K ^d   Rogers, Alex D ^e   Sweeting, Christopher J ^d   Tyler, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CARNIVOROUS ACTINOSTOLID ANEMONE; CHIMNEY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; DEEP SEA; EOLEPADID BARNACLE; GASTROPOD; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; KIWA; MACROFAUNA; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PELTOSPIROID; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATOR; SEA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ZONATION;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARTHROPODS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON ISOTOPES; CNIDARIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GASTROPODA; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; INVERTEBRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFUR ISOTOPES; TEMPERATURE; THORACICA; VIDEO RECORDING;

ACTINOSTOLIDAE; ANEMONE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OCTOPUS; PELTOSPIROIDEA; PYCNOGONIDA; THORACICA;

EID: 84868117115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048348     Document Type: Article

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