Bivalves and vestimentiferans living near vents
A) Have very rapid growth rates
B) Have growth rates similar to typical abyssal benthos
C) Grow only in response to falls of phytoplankton detritus
D) Have very slow growth rates
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Q11: Temperature in the deep-sea abyssal plain
A) Is
Q12: Seamounts
A) Are never found near continental margins
B)
Q13: The number of benthic species
A) Increases continuously
Q14: Deep water coral mounds
A) Consist of one
Q15: Deep-water corals
A) Are made of calcite and
Q16: Cold seeps
A) Are found in the same
Q17: The high biomass adjacent to hot vents
Q18: Vestimentiferans can live without a gut because
A)
Q20: Which of the following statements about hot-vent
Q21: Hot vents, while having a very distinctive
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