11.255 - Gas vent communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Communities of bacteria and invertebrates colonizing the vicinity of hot or cold gas seeps of the continental shelf, often forming encrusted tubes or chimneys.

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Barnes and Hughes, 1988.