Faunal trophic structure at hydrothermal vents on the southern mohn's ridge, arctic ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 473, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-131

  Sweetman, Andrew K ^a,b,f   Levin, Lisa A ^c   Rapp, Hans T ^b,d   Schander, Christoffer ^b,d,e  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^d Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

^e Bergen Museum   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fauna; Hydrothermal vents; Mixing models; Southern Mohn's Ridge; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BATHYAL ZONE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DIET; FAUNISTICS; GASTROPOD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MIXING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAFLOOR; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; MOHNS RIDGE; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GASTROPODA;

EID: 84872745923     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10050     Document Type: Article

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