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Manganese nodule crevice fauna
Thiel, R.; Schriever, G.; Bussau, C.; Borowski, C. (1993). Manganese nodule crevice fauna. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 40(2): 419-423
In: Deep-Sea Research, Part I. Oceanographic Research Papers. Elsevier: Oxford. ISSN 0967-0637; e-ISSN 1879-0119, more
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Keywords
    Aquatic communities
    Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Aquatic animals > Marine invertebrates
    Composition > Community composition
    Epibionts
    Habitat
    Microorganisms > Bacteria
    Protozoa
    Resources > Natural resources > Mineral resources > Mineral deposits > Seabed deposits > Nodules > Ferromanganese nodules
    Sediments > Chemical sediments > Manganese deposits
    Water > Deep water
    Marine/Coastal
Authors  Top 
  • Thiel, R.
  • Schriever, G.
  • Bussau, C.
  • Borowski, C.
Abstract
    The surfaces of manganese nodules are inhabited by a diverse epigrowth composed of bacteria, protozoa and metazoa, typically hard bottom thriving taxa. While-searching for epifauna on nodules, we also noted life in a new habitat, the crevices or interstitial space between subnodules. The faunal composition in the crevices differs from that in the sediment surrounding the nodules.
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