Abstract
We provide experimental evidence, using a high-pressure recirculating aquarium and radiolabeled bacteria, that the hydrothermal vent mussel. Bathymodiolus thermophilus, can clear and assimilate particulate organic matter. Our results support previous evidence that this mussel can filter-feed on particulate organic matter to supplement nutrients provided by endosymbiotic chemoautotrophic bacteria.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1455-1461 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Deep Sea Research Part A, Oceanographic Research Papers |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1991 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Environmental Science
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences