Bone-eating worms from the Antarctic: the contrasting fate of whale and wood remains on the Southern Ocean seafloor

We report the results from the first experimental study of the fate of whale and wood remains on the Antarctic seafloor. Using a baited free-vehicle lander design, we show that whale-falls in the Antarctic are heavily infested by at least two new species of bone-eating worm, Osedax antarcticus sp. n...

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Autores principales: Glover, Adrian G., Wiklund, Helena, Taboada, Sergio, Avila, Conxita, Cristobo, Javier, Smith, Craig R., Kemp, Kirsty M., Jamieson, Alan J., Dahlgren, Thomas G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2013
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23945684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1390

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23945684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1390

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