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|  |  | Geistdoerfer, P; Auzende, Jean-marie; Batiza, R; Bideau, Daniel; Cormier, Mh; Fouquet, Yves; Lagabrielle, Yves; Sinton, J; Spadea, P. |  | 70 hydrothermal sites were observed during the 23 dives of the French submersible Nautile (''Naudur'' cruise, December 1993), at 17-degrees-19-degrees-S on the East Pacific Rise. Large vent-animal communities are present around these sites. The zoological composition of these communities is the same as that of the communities at 11-degrees-13-degrees-N and 21-degrees-N on the East Pacific Rise. However, the distribution of the species on the sites is different from all the other hydrothermal communities; large anemone fields of several hundred square metres, associated with colonies of Bathymodiolus and Calyptogena, have been observed. Fresh lava areas seem to bear the most important biological activity. |  
| Tipo: Text | Palavras-chave: Hydrothermalisme; Dorsale Est Pacifique; Communautés animales.; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; EAST PACIFIC RISE; ANIMAL COMMUNITIES. |  
| Ano: 1995 | URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00183/29454/27856.pdf |  |  |