Distribution of mega fauna on sulfide edifices on the Eastern Lau Spreading Center and Valu Fa Ridge

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-60

  Sen, Arunima ^a   Becker, Erin L ^a   Podowski, Elizabeth L ^a,d   Wickes, Leslie N ^a,e   Ma, Shufen ^b,f   Mullaugh, Katherine M ^b,g   Hourdez, Stéphane ^b   Luther, George W ^c   Fisher, Charles R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; GIS; Hydrothermal vents; Lau Basin; Sulfide edifices

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONCENTRIC RINGS; EAST PACIFIC RISE; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LAU BASIN; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; NICHE DIFFERENTIATION; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION; SULFIDE EDIFICES; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VENT FLOW; VENT SYSTEMS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOT SPRINGS; SHELLFISH; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VENTS;

BUILDINGS;

ANDESITE; BIOMASS; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IMAGERY; INVERTEBRATE; LAVA; PATCHINESS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPREADING CENTER; SULFIDE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST PACIFIC RISE; JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; LAU BASIN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; VALU FA RIDGE;

ALVINICONCHA; ANIMALIA; BATHYMODIOLUS BREVIOR; BIVALVIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; IFREMERIA NAUTILEI; MOLLUSCA; POLYNOIDAE; PROVANNIDAE;

EID: 84870814422     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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