Biogeography, Ecology, and Vulnerability of Chemosynthetic Ecosystems in the Deep Sea

Life in the World's Oceans: Diversity, Distribution, and Abundance

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 161-182

  Baker, Maria C ^a   Ramirez Llodra, Eva Z ^b   Tyler, Paul A ^a   German, Christopher R ^c   Boetius, Antje ^d   Cordes, Erik E ^e   Dubilier, Nicole ^d   Fisher, Charles R ^f   Levin, Lisa A ^g   Metaxas, Anna ^h   Rowden, Ashley A ⁱ   Santos, Ricardo S ^j   Shank, Tim M ^c   Van Dover, Cindy L ^k   Young, Craig M ^l   Warén, Anders ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Temple University   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^k DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^m SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Adaptations to "extreme" environment; Biogeography, ecology, and vulnerability of chemosynthetic ecosystems in deep sea; Chemosynthetic islands a biogeographic puzzle with missing pieces; Deep sea ecosystems, supporting one of the highest biodiversities of planet and important natural and mineral resources; Deep sea investigations of chemosynthetic ecosystems; Exploring remote polar regions; Life based on energy of the deep; Research and findings, relating to Census of Marine Life ChEss project; Species new to science, described or identified by TAWNI awardees during ChEss project

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886516014     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444325508.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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