Giant Larvacean Houses: Observations from Deep Submersibles
- 14 September 1979
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 205 (4411), 1129-1131
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.205.4411.1129
Abstract
The abundance of large, previously unknown larvacean feeding structures in the deep ocean is a striking contrast to the rarity of such forms taken in net hauls. In some areas, abandoned houses and their disintegrated parts provide a substrate for other organisms and contribute to organic aggregates.Keywords
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