Carbon budgets of hydrothermal plumes result from the balance between carbon sinks
through plume chemoautotrophic processes and carbon release via microbial respiration …

Chemolithoautotrophic microorganisms are at the nexus of hydrothermal systems by
effectively transferring the energy from the geothermal source to the higher trophic levels …

Active hydrothermal vents are oases for productivity in the deep ocean, but the flow of
dissolved substrates that fuel such abundant life ultimately ceases, leaving behind inactive …

In just four decades, hundreds of hydrothermal vent fields have been discovered, widely
distributed along tectonic plate boundaries on the ocean floor. Vent invertebrate biomass …

Chemoautotrophic production in seafloor hydrothermal systems has the potential to provide
an important source of organic carbon that is exported to the surrounding deep-ocean. While …

Deep‐sea ultramafic‐hosted vent systems have the potential to provide large amounts of
metabolic energy to both autotrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms in their dispersing …

Hydrothermal vents are highly dynamic ecosystems and are unusually energy rich in the
deep-sea. In situ hydrothermal-based productivity combined with sinking photosynthetic …

Hydrothermal vents along mid-ocean systems host unique, highly productive biological
communities, based on microbial chemoautotrophy, that thrive on the sulphur, metals …

Deep-sea hydrothermal vent geochemistry shapes the foundation of the microbial food web
by fueling chemolithoautotrophic microbial activity. Microbial eukaryotes (or protists) play a …

Heterotrophic bacteria associated with microphytoplankton, particularly those colonizing the
phycosphere, are major players in the remineralization of algal‐derived carbon. Ocean …