Metal interactions between the polychaete Branchipolynoe seepensis and the mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus from Mid-Atlantic-Ridge hydrothermal vent fields

The vent blood-red commensal polynoid polychaete Branchipolynoe seepensis is commonly found in the pallial cavity of the vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus, the dominant bivalve species along the Mid-Atlantic-Ridge (MAR) and is known to be kleptoparasitic. Mussels were collected from three hydrother...

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Main Author: Bebianno, Maria João (author)
Other Authors: Cardoso, Cátia (author), Gomes, Tânia (author), Blasco, Julian (author), Santos, Ricardo Serrão (author), Colaço, Ana (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Animals
Gills
Metallothionein
Metals
Mytilidae
Polychaeta
Water pollutants
Hydrothermal vents
Chemical
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/13702
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/13702

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/13702

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