Carbon-13 depletion in a hydrothermal vent mussel: suggestion of a chemosynthetic food source
Journal Article
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· Science; (United States)
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle
Tissues of a mytilid mussel from the Clambake I hydrothermal vent in the Galapagos Rift zone are strikingly depleted in carbon-13 relative to the tissues of other marine organisms. The stable carbon isotope composition of this mussel suggests that chemoautotrophic bacteria present in the hydrothermal waters are a major food source for filter-feeding organisms in this abyssal environment.
- OSTI ID:
- 5298522
- Journal Information:
- Science; (United States), Journal Name: Science; (United States) Vol. 203; ISSN SCIEA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
560304* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Invertebrates-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AUTOTROPHS
BACTERIA
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CARBON 13
CARBON ISOTOPES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ECOSYSTEMS
ELEMENTS
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS
HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS
INVERTEBRATES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
METABOLISM
MICROORGANISMS
MOLLUSCS
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
STABLE ISOTOPES
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
560304* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Invertebrates-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AUTOTROPHS
BACTERIA
CARBON
CARBON 13
CARBON ISOTOPES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ECOSYSTEMS
ELEMENTS
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS
HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS
INVERTEBRATES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
METABOLISM
MICROORGANISMS
MOLLUSCS
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
STABLE ISOTOPES