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Title: Chemo Seep Biotope
Description: Areas of active, if subdued, hydrocarbon seeps are notably devoid of large sessile invertebrates. A fluffy gray biofilm coats the underlying rock, dotted with small white patches of the chemo-seep-associated bacteria Beggatoia.
Location: Gulf of Mexico
Date Taken: 9/19/2005
Videographer: Dr. Ken Sulak (vog.sgsu@kalusk), , U.S. Geological Survey
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Source:
Open-File Report 2008-1148 & OCS Study MMS 2008-015
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