North Atlantic midwater distribution of the juvenile stages of hydrothermal vent shrimps (Decapoda: Bresiliidae)
Herring, P.J. (1998). North Atlantic midwater distribution of the juvenile stages of hydrothermal vent shrimps (Decapoda: Bresiliidae). Cah. Biol. Mar. 39(3-4): 387-390. https://dx.doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.F342C900
In: Cahiers de Biologie Marine. Station Biologique de Roscoff: Paris. ISSN 0007-9723; e-ISSN 2262-3094
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(1998). Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Biology: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal 20-24 October 1997. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 39(3-4). Station Biologique de Roscoff: Roscoff. 219-392 pp., more
The fauna of Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vents is dominated by species of bresiliid shrimp, in marked contrast to that of Pacific vents where vestimentiferan and alvinellid worms predominate. The shrimp have small eggs and release planktotrophic larvae into the water column, but the timing of the release and the later development and dispersal of the larvae have not been determined. This paper presents a summary of the work that has been undertaken to sample these animals quantitatively in midwater and discusses particular issues highlighted by the results.
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