Energy Transfer Through Food Webs at Hydrothermal Vents: Linking the Lithosphere to the Biosphere
Tectonic and volcanic processes that drive hydrothermal fluid flow and influence its chemistry also regulate the transfer of energy to hydrothermal vent ecosystems. Chemoautotrophic bacteria use the chemical energy generated by mixing the reduced chemicals in hydrothermal fluids with deep-ocean ambi...
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| Language: | English |
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The Oceanography Society
2012-03-01
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| Series: | Oceanography |
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| Online Access: | http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/25-1_govenar.pdf |