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Mid-Ocean ridge showing hydrothermal vent dispersion.

Mid-Ocean ridge showing hydrothermal vent dispersion.
Mid-Ocean ridge showing hydrothermal vent dispersion.
Mid-Ocean ridge showing hydrothermal vent dispersion.
Mid-Ocean ridge showing hydrothermal vent dispersion.
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Oberlander, E. Paul
Mid-Ocean ridge showing hydrothermal vent dispersion.
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04/01/2010
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 48, No. 1, pg. 24 and 25:
Life thrives at hydrothermal vents scattered intermittently along the global chain of volcanic mountains called mid-ocean ridges. The larvae of vent animals, like the limpet or sea snail above, are even smaller than the dot above this i. Scientists are learning how they find their way to vents tens or hundreds of miles away.
Illustration by E. Paul Oberlander
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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