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Galapagos 2005 Expedition. Hydrothermal vents expel large amounts of energyand chemicals that provide nourishments for chemosynthetic communities. Ahigher density of crabs, worms, anemones, microbes and fish can be seenon this patch of seafloor near a vent site than on the seafloor farther away.
Credit
UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, NOAA, WHOI.
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Life in the Deep Sea
Deep Sea Ven and Cold Seep Fauna
Keywords
Ocean Exploration