An overview of chemosynthetic symbioses in bivalves from the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3241-3267

  Duperron, S ^a   Gaudron, S M ^a   Rodrigues, C F ^a,b   Cunha, M R ^b   Decker, C ^c   Olu, K ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; COLD SEEP; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; SYMBIOSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84877966834     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-3241-2013     Document Type: Review

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