Connectivity within a metapopulation of the foundation species, Ridgeia piscesae Jones (Annelida, Siboglinidae), from the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents Marine Protected Area on the Juan de Fuca Ridge
The natural instability of hydrothermal vents creates variable environmental conditions among habitat patches. Habitat differences correspond to phenotypic variation in Ridgeia piscesae, the only ‘vent tubeworm’ on the spreading ridges of the Northeast Pacific. Ridgeia piscesae that occupy high flui...
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5337 |