Methane-carbon flow into the benthic food web at cold seeps--a case study from the Costa Rica subduction zone.
Cold seep ecosystems can support enormous biomasses of free-living and symbiotic chemoautotrophic organisms that get their energy from the oxidation of methane or sulfide. Most of this biomass derives from animals that are associated with bacterial symbionts, which are able to metabolize the chemica...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/da409287bb31406bbed6c735bd7277cf |
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