Discovery of New Hydrothermal Activity and Chemosynthetic Fauna on the Central Indian Ridge at 18°–20°S

Indian Ocean hydrothermal vents are believed to represent a novel biogeographic province, and are host to many novel genera and families of animals, potentially indigenous to Indian Ocean hydrothermal systems. In particular, since its discovery in 2001, much attention has been paid to a so-called ‘s...

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Main Authors: Nakamura, Kentaro, Watanabe, Hiromi, Miyazaki, Junichi, Takai, Ken, Kawagucci, Shinsuke, Noguchi, Takuro, Nemoto, Suguru, Watsuji, Tomo-o, Matsuzaki, Takuya, Shibuya, Takazo, Okamura, Kei, Mochizuki, Masashi, Orihashi, Yuji, Ura, Tamaki, Asada, Akira, Marie, Daniel, Koonjul, Meera, Singh, Manvendra, Beedessee, Girish, Bhikajee, Mitrasen, Tamaki, Kensaku
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303786/