Mammal carcasses attract a swarm of mussels in the deep Atlantic: insights into colonization and biogeography of a chemosymbiotic species

Five mammal carcasses were experimentally deployed at 1000 m depth in the Setubal Canyon (NE Atlantic) in March 2011 and the remaining bones were collected after 18 and 28 months. High numbers (1.92–6.27 individuals cm2) of small mussels were found among a diverse invertebrate assemblage colonizing...

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Main Author: Génio, Luciana (author)
Other Authors: Rodrigues, Clara F. (author), Guedes, Inês F. (author), Almeida, Hélio (author), Duperron, Sébastien (author), Hilário, Ana (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 1000
Subjects:
Bathymodiolinae
Chemosymbiosis
Dispersal
Organic fall
Population structure
Settlement patterns
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/16987
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/16987

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http://hdl.handle.net/10773/16987

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