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2. Geological Setting of Hydrothermal Vents

Cindy Lee Van Dover

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The Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

This chapter is in the book The Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xix
1. The Non-Vent Deep Sea 1
2. Geological Setting of Hydrothermal Vents 25
3. Chemical and Physical Properties of Vent Fluids 76
4. Hydrothermal Plumes 99
5- Microbial Ecology 115
6. Symbiosis 145
7. Physiological Ecology 173
8. Trophic Ecology 227
9. Reproductive Ecology 259
10. Community Dynamics 290
11. Evolution and Biogeography 313
12. Cognate Communities 355
13. Hydrothermal Systems and the Origin of Life 397
INDEX 413

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xix
1. The Non-Vent Deep Sea 1
2. Geological Setting of Hydrothermal Vents 25
3. Chemical and Physical Properties of Vent Fluids 76
4. Hydrothermal Plumes 99
5- Microbial Ecology 115
6. Symbiosis 145
7. Physiological Ecology 173
8. Trophic Ecology 227
9. Reproductive Ecology 259
10. Community Dynamics 290
11. Evolution and Biogeography 313
12. Cognate Communities 355
13. Hydrothermal Systems and the Origin of Life 397
INDEX 413

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