Carbon-13 Depletion in a Hydrothermal Vent Mussel: Suggestion of a Chemosynthetic Food Source
- 16 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 203 (4381) , 648-649
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.203.4381.648
Abstract
Tissues of a mytilid mussel from the Clambake I hydrothermal vent in the Galápagos Rift zone are strikingly depleted in carbon-13 relative to the tissues of other marine organisms. The stable carbon isotope composition of this mussel suggests that chemoautotrophic bacteria present in the hydrothermal waters are a major food source for filter-feeding organisms in this abyssal environment.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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