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Article: Clams and worms fueled by gas? (hydrocarbon seeps in ocean floor)
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- October 12, 1985
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A tenet of deep sea oceanography used to be that, in terms of life, the seafloor is a veritable desert at depths far beyond the touch of sunlight. But lately scientists have been finding the most exotic and lush biological communities thriving in some rather unlikely places -- from hydrothermal vents (SN: 1/12/80, p. 28) to a saline seep off of Florida (SN: 12/15/84, p. 374). Now a team of researchers from Texas A&M University in College Station, report the discovery of similar kinds of sea creatures living at oil and methane seeps about 150 miles south of the Louisiana coast.
"This report significantly expands the geographical area in which one would expect ...
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