Hydrothermal Crabs and Shrimp

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Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition. Shrimp and crabs living near the summit of Northwest Rota-1 volcano graze bacterial mats on the rocks at hydrothermal vents. They also have to watch out for volcanic eruptions at this active submarine volcano. Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. Bob Embley, NOAA PMEL, Chief Scientist

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Keywords: bacteria, bacterial, chemosynthesis, chemosynthetic, crab, crabs, crustaceans, fire, geology, hydrothermal, life, marine, mat, mats, oceanography, ring, rota-1, sea, shrimp, undersea, underwater, vent, volcano, vulcano