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Animal communities surrounding deep-sea thermal vents appar-ently exist in total independence of solar energy. How is this exis-tence possible?

Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

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Chapter18: The Biosphere And Human Effects

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