11.2151 - Atlantic hydrothermal benthic communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Hydrothermal vent communities of the Central Atlantic Ridge, highly distinctive from those of other known ridges, distributed in widely separated areas strewn along the ridge from Iceland (Reykjanes Ridge) to the Azores and the Kane fracture zone.

Bibliographie

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)

Laubier, 1983: 46-47, 121; Barnes and Hughes, 1988; Clark, 1990; Rona, 1993; Laubier, 1993; Cann & al., 1994; Riedel, 1999; Maddocks, 2000; Lutz and Kristof, 2000.