Ecological characterization of cold-seep epifauna in the South China Sea

Y Zhao, T Xu, YS Law, D Feng, N Li, R Xin… - Deep Sea Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Site F, an active cold seep situated on the northeastern continental slope of the South China
Sea (SCS), has not been systematically surveyed since its first discovery in 2007. Here we …

Spatial distribution of seepages and associated biological communities within Haima cold seep field, South China Sea

H Xu, M Du, J Li, H Zhang, W Chen, J Wei, Z Wu… - Journal of Sea …, 2020 - Elsevier
More than 30 cold seeps have been discovered on the northern continental slope of the
South China Sea (SCS), but only two cold seep sites actively harbor living cold seep …

[HTML][HTML] Same (sea) bed different dreams: Biological community structure of the Haima seep reveals distinct biogeographic affinities

X He, T Xu, C Chen, X Liu, YX Li, Z Zhong… - The Innovation …, 2023 - the-innovation.org
Deep-sea chemosynthetic communities, including hydrothermal vents and cold seeps,
harbour hundreds of endemic species currently threatened by deep-sea mining and …

[HTML][HTML] Macro-ecology of cold seeps in the South China Sea

X Wang, H Guan, JW Qiu, T Xu, J Peckmann… - Geosystems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
After nearly 20 years of exploration, various areas of the seafloor with hydrocarbon seepage
have been discovered in the South China Sea (SCS). Through linking subsurface and …

Report of epibenthic macrofauna found from Haima cold seeps and adjacent deep-sea habitats, South China Sea

D Dong, X Li, M Yang, L Gong, Y Li, J Sui… - Marine Life Science & …, 2021 - Springer
This work reports on a preliminary taxonomic study of epibenthic macroinvertebrates
collected or observed by underwater video at the Haima cold seeps and in adjacent deep …

In situ detection of the fine scale heterogeneity of active cold seep environment of the Formosa Ridge, the South China Sea

L Cao, C Lian, X Zhang, H Zhang, H Wang… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - Elsevier
The active cold seep at Formosa Ridge (Site F) sustains the most flourishing ecosystem on
the continental slope of the northern South China Sea. However, the physicochemical …

Biogeography and potential exchanges among the Atlantic equatorial belt cold-seep faunas

K Olu, EE Cordes, CR Fisher, JM Brooks, M Sibuet… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Like hydrothermal vents along oceanic ridges, cold seeps are patchy and isolated
ecosystems along continental margins, extending from bathyal to abyssal depths. The …

Biogeography, biodiversity and fluid dependence of deep-sea cold-seep communities at active and passive margins

M Sibuet, K Olu - Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in …, 1998 - Elsevier
To date, several cold-seep areas which fuel chemosynthesis-based benthic communities
have been explored, mainly by deployment of manned submersibles. They are located in …

Methane-metabolizing microbial communities in sediments of the Haima cold seep area, northwest slope of the South China Sea

M Niu, X Fan, G Zhuang, Q Liang… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Cold seeps are widespread chemosynthetic ecosystems in the deep-sea environment, and
cold seep microbial communities of the South China Sea are poorly constrained. Here we …

Epifauna of the Sea of Japan collected via a new epibenthic sledge equipped with camera and environmental sensor systems

A Brandt, N Elsner, N Brenke, O Golovan… - Deep Sea Research …, 2013 - Elsevier
Faunistic data from a newly designed camera-epibenthic sledge (C-EBS) are presented.
These were collected during the joint Russian–German expedition SoJaBio (Sea of Japan …