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Strategies for Acquiring Energy
Chemoautotrophs
Swimming shrimp, a few squat lobsters, and hundreds of vent mussels are seen at a hydrothermal vent at the bottom of the ocean. As no sunlight penetrates to this depth, the ecosystem is supported by chemoautotrophic bacteria and organic material that sinks from the ocean's surface.
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"OpenStax College, Energy Flow through Ecosystems. October 17, 2013."
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