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| Guillon, Erwan; Menot, Lenaick; Decker, Carole; Krylova, Elena; Olu, Karine. |
| The high biodiversity found at cold seeps, despite elevated concentrations of methane and hydrogen sulfide, is attributed to multiple sources of habitat heterogeneity. In addition to geological and geochemical processes, biogenic habitats formed by large symbiont-bearing taxa, such as bivalves and siboglinid tubeworms, or by microbial mats drive the biodiversity of small-sized fauna. However, because these habitat-forming species also depend on geochemical gradients, the respective influence of abiotic and biotic factors in structuring associated macrofaunal communities is often unresolved. The giant pockmark Regab located at 3200 m depth on the Congo margin is characterized by different fluid-flow regimes, providing a mosaic of the most common biogenic... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Cold-seep; Macrofauna; Diversity; Dynamics; Vesicomyid clams; Gulf of Guinea. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00361/47210/47165.pdf |
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