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A ROPOS transect made from 200 up to 165 meters depth on the central cone at East Diamante volcano found a remarkable zone where chemosynthesis and photosynthesis overlap. Here, life forms dependent on chemical energy usually found in the deep ocean, are seen in the same area as animals dependent on sunlight.


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