Article: Hydromineral regulation in the hydrothermal vent crab bythograea thermydron.(Statistical Data Included)

ANNE-SOPHIE MARTINEZ (1)

JEAN-YVES TOULLECS (2)

BRUCE SHILLITO (3)

MIREILLE CHARMANTIER-DAURES (1)

GUY CHARMANTIERI (1) (*)

Introduction

Hydrothermal vents, first discovered in 1977 on the Galapagos Ridge, are unique deep-sea habitats. They are characterized by variable and extreme conditions of some physicochemical parameters, in particular by high temperature, high sulfide and metal content, high level of carbon dioxide, low level of oxygen and low pH (Truchot and Lallier, 1998; Sarradin et at., 1998, 1999). To live in this environment, biological communities associated with the vents have developed behavioral, ...

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