Cold seep communities in the deep eastern Mediterranean Sea: Composition, symbiosis and spatial distribution on mud volcanoes

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1915-1936

  Olu Le Roy, Karine ^a   Sibuet, Myriam ^a   Fiala Médioni, Aline ^b   Gofas, Serge ^c   Salas, Carmen ^c   Mariotti, André ^d   Foucher, Jean Paul ^a   Woodside, John ^e  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Chemosynthesis; Cold seeps; Siboglinids; Spatial distribution; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

COLD SEEP COMMUNITIES; MUD VOLCANOES;

BACTERIA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLCANOES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIVALVE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; COLD SEEP ORGANISM; MUD VOLCANO; POLYCHAETE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYMBIOSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; LAMELLIBRACHIA; LAMELLIBRACHIA SP.; LUCINIDAE; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE; POLYCHAETA; THYASIRIDAE; VESICOMYIDAE;

EID: 8844284476     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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