Abstract
EOS, TRANSACTIONS AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION,
VOL. 88, NO. 35,
PAGE 341, 2007
doi:10.1029/2007EO350001
FEATURE
Alvin explores the deep northern Gulf of Mexico Slope
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
T.D.I. Brooks International, Inc., College Station, Tex.
T.D.I. Brooks International, Inc., College Station, Tex.
Universitat Wien, Vienna
Harvard University, Boston, Mass.
Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
U.S. Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, La.
U.S. Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, La.
U.S. Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, La.
University of Georgia, Athens
University of Georgia, Athens
University of Georgia, Athens
University of Georgia, Athens
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
Max Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany
Saint Huberts Catholic School, Chanhassen, Minn.
Aquatic Ecology Branch, Leetown Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Kearneysville, W.Va.
Office of Ocean Exploration, NOAA Administration, Silver Spring, Md.
Many of the world's productive deepwater hydrocarbon basins experience significant and ongoing vertical migration of fluids and gases to the modern seafloor. These products, which are composed of hydrocarbon gases, crude oil, formation fluids, and fluidized sediment, dramatically change the geologic character of the ocean floor, and they create sites where chemosynthetic communities supported by sulfide and hydrocarbons flourish.
Unique fauna inhabit these sites, and the chemosynthetic primary production results in communities with biomass much greater than that of the surrounding seafloor.
Citation: (2007), Alvin explores the deep northern Gulf of Mexico Slope, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(35), 341, doi:10.1029/2007EO350001.
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