The vent and seep biota [electronic resource] : aspects from microbes to ecosystems / Steffen Kiel, editor.

Oases of life around black smokers and hydrocarbon seeps in the deep-sea were among the most surprising scientific discoveries of the past three decades. These ecosystems are dominated by animals having symbiotic relationships with chemoautotrophic bacteria. Their study developed into an internation...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors:	Kiel, Steffen
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2010.
Series:	Topics in geobiology ; v. 33.
Subjects:	Hydrothermal vent ecology. Hydrothermal vent animals. Hydrothermal vents > Microbiology.