Gulf of Mexico hydrocarbon seep communities: Part IV-descriptions of known chemosynthetic communities

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 1989-May, Issue , 1989, Pages 663-667

  Brooks, J M ^a   Kennicutt, M C ^a   MacDonald, I R ^a   Wilkinson, D L ^a   Guinasso, N L ^a   Bidigare, R R ^a  

^a Texas AandM U   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS HYDRATES; HYDROCARBONS; MOLLUSCS; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY;

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC BACTERIA; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ENDOSYMBIOTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDROCARBON SEEPS; METHANOTROPHS;

HYDROCARBON SEEPAGE;

EID: 85035176485     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/5954-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

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2. Brooks, J.M., Cox, H.B., Bryant, W.R., Kennicutt M.C. II, Mann, R.G. and McDonald T.J.: "Association of Gas Hydrates and Oil Seepage in the Gulf of Mexico," Org. Geochem. 10, 221-234, 1986.
3. Kennicutt, M.C. II, Brooks, J.M., Bidigare R.R. and Denoux, G.J.: "Gulf of Mexico Hydrocarbon Seep Communities: I. Regional Distribution of Hydrocarbon Seepage and Associated Fauna," Deep-Sea Res. 35, 1639-1651, 1988.
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5. Kennicutt, M.C. II, Brooks, J.M., Bidigare, R.R., Fay, R.A., Wade, T.L. and McDonald, T.J.: "Vent Type Taxa in a Hydrocarbon Seep Region on the Louisiana Slope," Nature 317, 351-353, 1985.
6. Brooks, J.M., Kennicutt, M.C., Fisher, C.R., Macko, S.A., Cole, K., Childress, J.J., Bidigare, R.R. and Vetter, R.D.:"Deep-Sea Hydrocarbon Seep Communities: Evidence for Energy and Nutritional Carbon Sources," Science 238, 1138-1142, 1987.
7. Childress, J.J., Fisher, C.R., Brooks, J .M., Kennicutt, M.C. II, Bidigare, R.R. and Anderson, A.: "A Methanotrophic Marine Molluscan Symbiosis (Bivalvia Myt:ilidae): Mussels Fueled by Gas," Science, 233, 1306-1308, 1986.
8. Behens, E. W.: " Geology of a Continental Slope Oil Seep, N orthern Gulf of Mexico, " Am. Assoc. Peterol. Geol. Bull. 7210 5-114 1988.