Abstract
The large quantities of reduced carbon that are required to support the filter-feeding mytilid mussels (Mytilus sp.), vesicomyid clams (Clayptogena sp.) and various other animals in the Galapagos hydrothermal vent systems are thought to be derived from either the in situ synthesis of particulate organic matter by chemoautotrophic, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria or by the advection of sedimentary organic carbon into the vent environment from surrounding areas. In contrast, the dense populations of vestimentiferan tubeworms (Riftia pachyptila), which lack mouth organs and digestive tracts, apparently utilize organic carbon synthesized by symbiotic chemoautotrophs. We present evidence here, based on adC activities and acC/abC ratios, that the principal source of dietary carbon for mussels and tubeworms is derived from the dissolved inorganic carbon (DIOC) in the vent effluent waters.
Citation Formats
Williams, P M, Smith, K L, Druffel, E M, and Linick, T W.
Dietary carbon sources of mussels and tubeworms from Galapagos hydrothermal vents determined from tissue adC activity.
United Kingdom: N. p.,
1981.
Web.
doi:10.1038/292448a0.
Williams, P M, Smith, K L, Druffel, E M, & Linick, T W.
Dietary carbon sources of mussels and tubeworms from Galapagos hydrothermal vents determined from tissue adC activity.
United Kingdom.
https://doi.org/10.1038/292448a0
Williams, P M, Smith, K L, Druffel, E M, and Linick, T W.
1981.
"Dietary carbon sources of mussels and tubeworms from Galapagos hydrothermal vents determined from tissue adC activity."
United Kingdom.
https://doi.org/10.1038/292448a0.
@misc{etde_6111036,
title = {Dietary carbon sources of mussels and tubeworms from Galapagos hydrothermal vents determined from tissue adC activity}
author = {Williams, P M, Smith, K L, Druffel, E M, and Linick, T W}
abstractNote = {The large quantities of reduced carbon that are required to support the filter-feeding mytilid mussels (Mytilus sp.), vesicomyid clams (Clayptogena sp.) and various other animals in the Galapagos hydrothermal vent systems are thought to be derived from either the in situ synthesis of particulate organic matter by chemoautotrophic, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria or by the advection of sedimentary organic carbon into the vent environment from surrounding areas. In contrast, the dense populations of vestimentiferan tubeworms (Riftia pachyptila), which lack mouth organs and digestive tracts, apparently utilize organic carbon synthesized by symbiotic chemoautotrophs. We present evidence here, based on adC activities and acC/abC ratios, that the principal source of dietary carbon for mussels and tubeworms is derived from the dissolved inorganic carbon (DIOC) in the vent effluent waters.}
doi = {10.1038/292448a0}
journal = []
volume = {292:5822}
journal type = {AC}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1981}
month = {Jul}
}
title = {Dietary carbon sources of mussels and tubeworms from Galapagos hydrothermal vents determined from tissue adC activity}
author = {Williams, P M, Smith, K L, Druffel, E M, and Linick, T W}
abstractNote = {The large quantities of reduced carbon that are required to support the filter-feeding mytilid mussels (Mytilus sp.), vesicomyid clams (Clayptogena sp.) and various other animals in the Galapagos hydrothermal vent systems are thought to be derived from either the in situ synthesis of particulate organic matter by chemoautotrophic, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria or by the advection of sedimentary organic carbon into the vent environment from surrounding areas. In contrast, the dense populations of vestimentiferan tubeworms (Riftia pachyptila), which lack mouth organs and digestive tracts, apparently utilize organic carbon synthesized by symbiotic chemoautotrophs. We present evidence here, based on adC activities and acC/abC ratios, that the principal source of dietary carbon for mussels and tubeworms is derived from the dissolved inorganic carbon (DIOC) in the vent effluent waters.}
doi = {10.1038/292448a0}
journal = []
volume = {292:5822}
journal type = {AC}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1981}
month = {Jul}
}