Growth and predation activity at deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the Galápagos Rift

Authors

Donald C. Rhoads, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, U.S.A.
Richard A. Lutz, Department of Oyster Culture, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, U.S.A.
Robert M. Cerrato, Marince Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, 11794, U.S.A.
Eugene C. Revelas, Marince Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, 11794, U.S.A.

Abstract

Growth rates of unclassified mussels collected from hydrothermal vents on the Pacific Ocean (2500 m) are among the highest recorded for deep-sea species. Mature mussels have mean growth rates of about 1 cm yr-1 which are comparable to growth rates of shallow water mussels....

Recommended Citation

Rhoads, Donald C., Richard A. Lutz, Robert M. Cerrato, and Eugene C. Revelas. 1982. "Growth and predation activity at deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the Galápagos Rift." Journal of Marine Research 40, (2). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1594