The recent recognition that metallic mineral deposits are concentrated by hydrothermal
processes at seafloor spreading centers constitutes a scientific breakthrough that opens …

Studies of the many active and inactive hydrothermal vents found during the past 15 years
have radically altered views of biological and geological processes in the deep sea. The …

The April 1991 discovery of newly formed hydrothermal vents in areas of recent volcanic
eruption between 9° 45′ N and 9° 52′ N on the East Pacific Rise provided a unique …

People who pick up the mollusc shells tossed onto a beach by a breaking wave or left
behind on a mud flat by an ebbing tide are often impressed by the beauty and design of …

Publisher Summary Hydrothermal vents, first discovered in 1977 at 2500m depth on the
Galapagos Rift, provide an example of such an alternative ecosystem supported by …

Hydrothermal vent communities must undergo substantial temporal change because of their
dynamic physical milieu. This was verified in March 1985, when the Rose Garden …

Circulation of seawater through the upper few kilometres of oceanic crust at tectonic
spreading zones results in a transformation of geothermal into chemical energy. Reduced …

IN the CAl hippocampal region, intracellular calcium is a putative second messenger1, 2 for
the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP), a persistent increase of synaptic transmission …

Motivation Traits are increasingly being used to quantify global biodiversity patterns, with
trait databases growing in size and number, across diverse taxa. Despite growing interest in …

In the past year, the number of explored deep-water vent sites on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge has
doubled. The fauna of Atlantic vents consists for the most part of a subset of invertebrate …