Pressure tolerance of tadpole larvae of the Atlantic ascidian Polyandrocarpa zorritensis: potential for deep-sea invasion

Abstract How deep-sea fauna evolved is a question still being investigated. One of the most accepted theories is that shallow water organisms migrated to deeper waters and gave origin to the deep-sea communities. However, many organisms are prevented from performing long vertical migrations by the i...

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Main Authors: Paulo Yukio Gomes Sumida, Arthur Ziggiatti Güth, Miguel Mies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592015000400515&lng=en&tlng=en

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