Species distribution and population connectivity of deep-sea mussels at hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico.

Hydrocarbon seepage is widespread and patchy in the Gulf of Mexico, and six species of symbiont containing bathymodiolin mussels are found on active seeps over wide and overlapping depth and geographic ranges. We use mitochondrial genes to discriminate among the previously known and a newly discover...

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Main Authors: Baptiste Faure, Stephen W Schaeffer, Charles R Fisher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4393317?pdf=render