Molecular characterization of Bathymodiolus mussels and gill symbionts associated with chemosynthetic habitats from the U.S. Atlantic margin

• D. Katharine Coykendall ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dollykc@gmail.com (DKC); cmorison@usgs.gov (CLM)

  Affiliation US Geological Survey -Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1148-2397

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• Robert Scott Cornman,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation US Geological Survey—Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Nancy G. Prouty,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation US Geological Survey—Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

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• Sandra Brooke,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Florida State University, Coastal and Marine Laboratory, St. Teresa, Florida, United States of America

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• Amanda W. J. Demopoulos,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation US Geological Survey—Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Cheryl L. Morrison

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dollykc@gmail.com (DKC); cmorison@usgs.gov (CLM)

  Affiliation US Geological Survey -Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

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