<i>Thioploca araucae</i> (IMAGE)

Census of Marine Life

<i>Thioploca araucae</i>

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Thioploca was found in seven of eight samples drawn but at very low concentrations. It is an example of an organism that was rare in the study's sampling area but more prevalent in the oxygen minimum zone.

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Census of Marine Life / Victor Gallardo, Universidad de Concepcíon, Chile and Carola Espinoza, Center COPAS, Universidad de Concepcíon, Chile, 2006

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