Dragons of the Deep Sea: Kinorhyncha Communities in a Pockmark Field at Mozambique Channel, With the Description of Three New Species

Dragons of the Deep Sea: Kinorhyncha Communities in a Pockmark Field at Mozambique Channel, With the Description of Three New Species

Cold seep areas are extremely reduced habitats with spatiotemporal variation of hydrocarbon-rich fluid seepage, low oxygen levels, and great habitat heterogeneity. Cold seeps can create circular to ellipsoid shallow depressions on the seafloor called pockmarks. We investigated two selected pockmarks...

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Main Authors: Diego Cepeda, Fernando Pardos, Daniela Zeppilli, Nuria Sánchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
cold seeps
deep sea
ecology
kinorhynchs
meiofauna
diversity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00665/full

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