Spotlight on Technology: In Situ Technologies for Studying Deep-Sea Hotspot Ecosystems
Cold seeps, hydrothermal vents, deep water coral reefs, and submarine canyon systems are hotspot habitats characterized by intermediate to high fluid advection. They are shaped by a complex interplay of physical, biological, geochemical, and geological processes. Biogeochemical and physicochemical g...
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Language: | English |
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The Oceanography Society
2009-03-01
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Series: | Oceanography |
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Online Access: | http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/22-1_boetius.pdf |