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Deuterobiosphere the Chemosynthetic Second Biosphere of the Globe. A First Review
Author(s) -
POR Francis D.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
integrative zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 1749-4877
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2008.00083.x
Subject(s) - chemosynthesis , biosphere , biome , globe , geography , earth science , ecology , biology , geology , paleontology , ecosystem , hydrothermal vent , neuroscience , hydrothermal circulation
With the discovery of Ophel, a chemosynthesis‐based continental subterranean environment (Por 2007), it became evident that such environments, previously known only from the sea, are spanning the world as a parallel biosphere, the deuterobiosphere. In this preliminary contribution the different known biomes of the deuterobiosphere are reviewed and some general and comparative features are listed.