Larval Dispersal: Vent Life in the Water Column

2012/02/07 by Diane Adams, Diane K. Adams, Shawn M. Arellano +2 · 4 citations
Environmental Science · Engineering · #Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry

paper · pdf · doi:10.5670/oceanog.2012.24

Abstract

Larvae of vent animals (insets) ensure the persistence of life at vents by tying together distant communities such as these giant tubeworms huddled around a chimney vigorously gushing hot, chemically laden hydrothermal fluids. (top inset) Image of shrimp larva courtesy of H. Miyake Images of (middle inset) gastropod larva, (bottom inset) polychaete larva, and (main photo) tubeworm community

Citations

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