Chemosynthetic symbioses between bacteria and marine invertebrates were discovered 30
years ago at hydrothermal vents on the Galapagos Rift. Remarkably, it took the discovery of …

Large organic food falls to the deep sea–such as whale carcasses and wood logs–are
known to serve as stepping stones for the dispersal of highly adapted chemosynthetic …

As now very few studies have been carried out on deep‐sea marine fungi, this field remains
relatively unknown. However, their presence inside benthic microbial eukaryotes at deep …

The deep sea covers over 60% of the surface of the earth, yet less than 1% has been
scientifically investigated. There is growing pressure on deep-sea resources and on …

This volume compiles a number of scientific papers resulting from a sustained
multidisciplinary research effort of the deep-sea ecosystem in the Mediterranean Sea. This …

In this study, our goal was to test whether typical vent/seep organisms harbouring symbionts
or not, would be able to settle on organic substrates deployed in the vicinity of …

Fish farms are increasingly situated in strong current sites above or near to mixed-bottom
habitats that include organisms not normally considered in the context of organic …

Sinking of large organic food falls ie kelp, wood and whale carcasses to the oligotrophic
deep-sea floor promotes the establishment of locally highly productive and diverse …

Wood falls in the deep sea have recently become the focus of studies showing their
importance as nutrients on the deep-sea floor. In such environments, Crustaceans constitute …

In the Early Cretaceous, the continental rift basin of the Mecsek Mts.(Hungary), was situated
on the southern edge of the European plate. The opening of the North Atlantic Ocean …