Chemosynthetic communities and biogeochemical energy pathways along the mid-atlantic ridge: The case of Bathymodiolus azoricus

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 188, Issue , 2010, Pages 409-429

  Le Bris, N ^a,c   Duperron, S ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls sur Mer   (France)

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DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000712     Document Type: Article

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