Diversity of meiofauna and free-living nematodes in hydrothermal vent mussel beds on the northern and southern East Pacific Rise
The ecology and biogeography of meiofauna at deep-sea hydrothermal vents have historically received less attention that those of mega- and macrofauna. This study examines the composition of major meiofaunal taxa in beds of the mussel Bathymodiolus thermophilus at hydrothermal vents on the northern a...
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| Language: | English |
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2007-10.
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