Exploring the ecology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents in a metacommunity framework

LS Mullineaux, A Metaxas, SE Beaulieu… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Species inhabiting deep-sea hydrothermal vents are strongly influenced by the geological
setting, as it provides the chemical-rich fluids supporting the food web, creates the …

Biodiversity on the rocks: macrofauna inhabiting authigenic carbonate at Costa Rica methane seeps

LA Levin, GF Mendoza, BM Grupe, JP Gonzalez… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Carbonate communities: The activity of anaerobic methane oxidizing microbes facilitates
precipitation of vast quantities of authigenic carbonate at methane seeps. Here we …

Methane seep ecosystem functions and services from a recently discovered southern California seep

BM Grupe, ML Krach, AL Pasulka, JM Maloney… - Marine …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The recent discovery of a methane seep with diverse microhabitats and abundant
groundfish in the San Diego Trough (1020 m) off the coast of Del Mar, California raised …

Phylogenetic and functional evidence suggests that deep-ocean ecosystems are highly sensitive to environmental change and direct human disturbance

OS Ashford, AJ Kenny… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
An understanding of the balance of interspecific competition and the physical environment in
structuring organismal communities is crucial because those communities structured …

Seven-year enrichment: macrofaunal succession in deep-sea sediments around a 30 tonne whale fall in the Northeast Pacific

CR Smith, AF Bernardino, A Baco, A Hannides… - Marine Ecology …, 2014 - int-res.com
Whale falls cause massive organic and sulfide enrichment of underlying sediments, yielding
energy-rich conditions in oligotrophic deep-sea ecosystems. While the fauna colonizing …

Microbial abundance and diversity patterns associated with sediments and carbonates from the methane seep environments of Hydrate Ridge, OR

JJ Marlow, JA Steele, DH Case, SA Connon… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Methane seeps are among the most productive habitats along continental margins, as
anaerobic methane-oxidizing euryarchaeaota and sulfur-metabolizing deltaproteobacteria …

[HTML][HTML] Food-web complexity across hydrothermal vents on the Azores triple junction

M Portail, C Brandily, C Cathalot, A Colaço… - Deep Sea Research …, 2018 - Elsevier
The assessment and comparison of food webs across various hydrothermal vent sites can
enhance our understanding of ecological processes involved in the structure and function of …

New species of Ophryotrocha (Annelida: Dorvilleidae) associated with deep-sea reducing habitats in the Bering Sea, Northwest Pacific

IL Alalykina, NE Polyakova - Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Four species of Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Dorvilleidae) from deep-sea reducing
habitats (methane seeps on the Koryak slope and hydrothermal vents of the submarine Piip …

A novel sister clade to the enterobacteria microviruses (family Microviridae) identified in methane seep sediments

SJ Bryson, AR Thurber, AMS Correa… - Environmental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Methane seep microbial communities perform a key ecosystem service by consuming the
greenhouse gas methane prior to its release into the hydrosphere, minimizing the impact of …

Are organic falls bridging reduced environments in the deep sea?-Results from colonization experiments in the Gulf of Cádiz

MR Cunha, FL Matos, L Génio, A Hilário, CJ Moura… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Organic falls create localised patches of organic enrichment and disturbance where
enhanced degradation is mediated by diversified microbial assemblages and specialized …