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| Khripounoff, Alexis; Caprais, Jean-claude; Decker, Carole; Essirard, Mikael; Le Bruchec, Julie; Noel, Philippe; Olu, Karine. |
| We have studied two species of vesicomyid bivalves inhabiting different areas of sulfide-rich sediments in association with methane seepage at two pockmarks located at about 650 m and 3150 m depth, respectively, along the Gabon-Congo margin, and organic-rich sediments in the deepest zone (4950 m depth) of the Congo deep-sea fan. Benthic chambers Calmar were deployed on three study sites to assess gas and solute exchanges at the water-sediment interface. We recorded in situ measurements of oxygen, total carbon dioxide, ammonium, methane, and sulfide in two clam beds at each site. At all sites, irrespective of which the vesicomyid species are present, oxygen consumption was high and variable (28–433 mmol m−2 d−1) as was total carbon dioxide emission (36–1857... |
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Palavras-chave: Benthic chamber; Cold-seep ecosystem; Reduced sediment; Gas fluxes; Vesicomyid bivalves; Gulf of Guinea. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00226/33746/32160.pdf |
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