Digital Library Search
![Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition expl0072.jpg Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_expl0072.jpg?itok=i1FtsCKZ)
Description
Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition. A dense bed of hydrothermal musselscovers the slope of Northwest Eifuku volcano near a seafloor hot springcalled Champagne vent . Other vent animals living amongthe mussels include shrimp, limpets, and Galatheid crabs. (Image credit: Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. Bob Embley, NOAA PMEL, Chief Scientist)