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Karthäuser C, Fucile PD, Maas AE, Blanco-Bercial L, Gossner H, Lowenstein DP, Niimi YJ, Van Mooy BAS, Bernhard JM, Buesseler KO, Sievert SM. RotoBOD─Quantifying Oxygen Consumption by Suspended Particles and Organisms. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:8760-8770. [PMID: 38717860 PMCID: PMC11112748 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c03186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2024] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Sinking or floating is the natural state of planktonic organisms and particles in the ocean. Simulating these conditions is critical when making measurements, such as respirometry, because they allow the natural exchange of substrates and products between sinking particles and water flowing around them and prevent organisms that are accustomed to motion from changing their metabolism. We developed a rotating incubator, the RotoBOD (named after its capability to rotate and determine biological oxygen demand, BOD), that uniquely enables automated oxygen measurements in small volumes while keeping the samples in their natural state of suspension. This allows highly sensitive rate measurements of oxygen utilization and subsequent characterization of single particles or small planktonic organisms, such as copepods, jellyfish, or protists. As this approach is nondestructive, it can be combined with several further measurements during and after the incubation, such as stable isotope additions and molecular analyses. This makes the instrument useful for ecologists, biogeochemists, and potentially other user groups such as aquaculture facilities. Here, we present the technical background of our newly developed apparatus and provide examples of how it can be utilized to determine oxygen production and consumption in small organisms and particles.
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- Clarissa Karthäuser
- Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02543, United States
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- Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02543, United States
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- Bermuda
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Arizona State
University, 17 Biological
Station, St. George’s GE01, Bermuda
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- Bermuda
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Arizona State
University, 17 Biological
Station, St. George’s GE01, Bermuda
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- Bermuda
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Arizona State
University, 17 Biological
Station, St. George’s GE01, Bermuda
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- Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02543, United States
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- Bermuda
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Arizona State
University, 17 Biological
Station, St. George’s GE01, Bermuda
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- Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02543, United States
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- Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02543, United States
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- Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02543, United States
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- Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02543, United States
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Kang T, Kim D. Meiofauna and nematode community composition in a hydrothermal vent and deep-sea sediments in the Central Indian Ridge. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 170:112616. [PMID: 34147859 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The hydrothermal ecosystem is very unusual, yet little research has so far been conducted on meiofauna in hydrothermal zones. To identify the communities of both meiofauna and nematodes around the Onnuri Vent Field (OVF), we collected sediment from a hydrothermal zone in the OVF and deep-sea (DS) sediments (non-vent) outside the OVF. Sampling was conducted at seven stations using multiple corers on the Research Vessel ISABU in June 2018 and June-July 2019. The average densities of meiofauna ± standard deviation ranged from 21.7 ± 5.2 to 122.3 ± 45.0 individuals/10 cm2. The structure of the meiofaunal community differed between the OVF and DS. The two most dominant groups of meiofauna in both environments were nematodes and harpacticoids. Statistical analyses showed significant differences in the structure of the nematode community between OVF and DS. We also found that the richness, evenness, and diversity of nematodes in the OVF were lower than those in the DS.
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- Teawook Kang
- Marine Research Center, National Park Research Institute, Bakramhoi-gil 1, Yeosu-si, 59723, Republic of Korea
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- Marine Ecosystem Research Center, KIOST, 385, Haeyang-ro, Yeongdo-gu, Busan 49111, Republic of Korea.
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Murdock SA, Tunnicliffe V, Boschen-Rose RE, Juniper SK. Emergent "core communities" of microbes, meiofauna and macrofauna at hydrothermal vents. ISME COMMUNICATIONS 2021; 1:27. [PMID: 36739470 PMCID: PMC9723782 DOI: 10.1038/s43705-021-00031-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Assessment of ecosystem health entails consideration of species interactions within and between size classes to determine their contributions to ecosystem function. Elucidating microbial involvement in these interactions requires tools to distil diverse microbial information down to relevant, manageable elements. We used covariance ratios (proportionality) between pairs of species and patterns of enrichment to identify "core communities" of likely interacting microbial (<64 µm), meiofaunal (64 µm to 1 mm) and macrofaunal (>1 mm) taxa within assemblages hosted by a foundation species, the hydrothermal vent tubeworm Ridgeia piscesae. Compared with samples from co-located hydrothermal fluids, microbial communities within R. piscesae assemblages are hotspots of taxonomic richness and are high in novelty (unclassified OTUs) and in relative abundance of Bacteroidetes. We also observed a robust temperature-driven distinction in assemblage composition above and below ~25 °C that spanned micro to macro size classes. The core high-temperature community included eight macro- and meiofaunal taxa and members of the Bacteroidetes and Epsilonbacteraeota, particularly the genera Carboxylicivirga, Nitratifractor and Arcobacter. The core low-temperature community included more meiofaunal species in addition to Alpha- and Gammaproteobacteria, and Actinobacteria. Inferred associations among high-temperature core community taxa suggest increased reliance on species interactions under more severe hydrothermal conditions. We propose refinement of species diversity to "core communities" as a tool to simplify investigations of relationships between taxonomic and functional diversity across domains and scales by narrowing the taxonomic scope.
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- S A Murdock
- School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
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- School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
- Ocean & Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
- Ocean Networks Canada, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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Marticorena J, Matabos M, Ramirez-Llodra E, Cathalot C, Laes-Huon A, Leroux R, Hourdez S, Donval JP, Sarrazin J. Recovery of hydrothermal vent communities in response to an induced disturbance at the Lucky Strike vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge). MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 168:105316. [PMID: 33992969 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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So far, the natural recovery of vent communities at large scales has only been evaluated at fast spreading centers, by monitoring faunal recolonisation after volcanic eruptions. However, at slow spreading ridges, opportunities to observe natural disturbances are rare, the overall hydrothermal system being more stable. In this study, we implemented a novel experimental approach by inducing a small-scale disturbance to assess the recovery potential of vent communities along the slow-spreading northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (nMAR). We followed the recovery patterns of thirteen Bathymodiolus azoricus mussel assemblages colonising an active vent edifice at the Lucky Strike vent field, in relation to environmental conditions and assessed the role of biotic interactions in recolonisation dynamics. Within 2 years after the disturbance, almost all taxonomic richness had recovered, with the exception of a few low occurrence species. However, we observed only a partial recovery of faunal densities and a major change in faunal composition characterised by an increase in abundance of gastropod species, which are hypothesised to be the pioneer colonists of these habitats. Although not significant, our results suggest a potential role of mobile predators in early-colonisation stages. A model of post-disturbance succession for nMAR vent communities from habitat opening to climax assemblages is proposed, also highlighting numerous knowledge gaps. This type of experimental approach, combined with dispersal and connectivity analyses, will contribute to fully assess the resilience of active vent communities after a major disturbance, especially along slow spreading centers targeted for seafloor massive sulphide extraction.
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- Ifremer, REM/EEP/LEP, F 29280 Plouzané, France.
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Gaustadalleen 21, 0349 Oslo, Norway; REV Ocean, Oksenøyveien 10, 1366 Lysaker, Norway
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- Ifremer, REM/GM/LCG, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, REM/RDT/LDCM, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- Research Centre for Watershed-Aquatic Ecosystem Interactions, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5H7, Canada
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- Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, UMR 8222 CNRS-SU, 1 avenue Pierre Fabre, 66650, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Ifremer, REM/GM/LCG, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, REM/EEP/LEP, F 29280 Plouzané, France.
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Alfaro-Lucas JM, Pradillon F, Zeppilli D, Michel LN, Martinez-Arbizu P, Tanaka H, Foviaux M, Sarrazin J. High environmental stress and productivity increase functional diversity along a deep-sea hydrothermal vent gradient. Ecology 2020; 101:e03144. [PMID: 32720359 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2019] [Revised: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Productivity and environmental stress are major drivers of multiple biodiversity facets and faunal community structure. Little is known on their interacting effects on early community assembly processes in the deep sea (>200 m), the largest environment on Earth. However, at hydrothermal vents productivity correlates, at least partially, with environmental stress. Here, we studied the colonization of rock substrata deployed along a deep-sea hydrothermal vent gradient at four sites with and without direct influence of vent fluids at 1,700-m depth in the Lucky Strike vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge [MAR]). We examined in detail the composition of faunal communities (>20 μm) established after 2 yr and evaluated species and functional patterns. We expected the stressful hydrothermal activity to (1) limit functional diversity and (2) filter for traits clustering functionally similar species. However, our observations did not support our hypotheses. On the contrary, our results show that hydrothermal activity enhanced functional diversity. Moreover, despite high species diversity, environmental conditions at surrounding sites appear to filter for specific traits, thereby reducing functional richness. In fact, diversity in ecological functions may relax the effect of competition, allowing several species to coexist in high densities in the reduced space of the highly productive vent habitats under direct fluid emissions. We suggest that the high productivity at fluid-influenced sites supports higher functional diversity and traits that are more energetically expensive. The presence of exclusive species and functional entities led to a high turnover between surrounding sites. As a result, some of these sites contributed more than expected to the total species and functional β diversities. The observed faunal overlap and energy links (exported productivity) suggest that rather than operating as separate entities, habitats with and without influence of hydrothermal fluids may be considered as interconnected entities. Low functional richness and environmental filtering suggest that surrounding areas, with their very heterogeneous species and functional assemblages, may be especially vulnerable to environmental changes related to natural and anthropogenic impacts, including deep-sea mining.
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- Senckenberg am Meer, German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Tokyo Sea Life Park, Tokyo, Japan
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Baldrighi E, Zeppilli D, Appolloni L, Donnarumma L, Chianese E, Russo GF, Sandulli R. Meiofaunal communities and nematode diversity characterizing the Secca delle Fumose shallow vent area (Gulf of Naples, Italy). PeerJ 2020; 8:e9058. [PMID: 32523806 PMCID: PMC7263297 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Hydrothermal venting is rather prevalent in many marine areas around the world, and marine shallow vents are relatively abundant in the Mediterranean Sea, especially around Italy. However, investigations focusing on the characterization of meiofaunal organisms inhabiting shallow vent sediments are still scant compared to that on macrofauna. In the present study, we investigated the meiobenthic assemblages and nematode diversity inhabiting the Secca delle Fumose (SdF), a shallow water vent area located in the Gulf of Naples (Italy). In this area, characterized by a rapid change in the environmental conditions on a relative small spatial scale (i.e., 100 m), we selected four sampling sites: one diffusive emission site (H); one geyser site (G) and two inactive sites (CN, CS). Total meiofauna abundance did not vary significantly between active and inactive sites and between surface and deeper sediment layers due to a high inter-replicate variability, suggesting a pronounced spatial-scale patchiness in distribution of meiofauna. Nematofauna at site H presented the typical features of deep-sea vents with low structural and functional diversity, high biomass and dominance of few genera (i.e., Oncholaimus; Daptonema) while from site G we reported diversity values comparable to that of the inactive sites. We hypothesized that site G presented a condition of “intermediate disturbance” that could maintain a high nematode diversity. Environmental features such as sediment temperature, pH, total organic carbon and interstitial waters ions were found to be key factors influencing patterns of meiofauna and nematofauna assemblages at SdF. Even though the general theory is that nematodes inhabiting shallow vent areas include a subset of species that live in background sediments, this was not the case for SdF vent area. Due to a marked change in nematode composition between all sites and to the presence of many exclusive species, every single investigated site was characterized by a distinct nematofauna reflecting the high spatial heterogeneity of SdF.
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- Elisa Baldrighi
- Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine (IRBIM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Lesina, Italy.,Laboratoire Environnement Profond, Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la MER (IFREMER), Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire Environnement Profond, Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la MER (IFREMER), Plouzané, France
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- Department of Science and Technology (DiST), Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy.,Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
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- Department of Science and Technology (DiST), Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy.,Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
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- Department of Science and Technology (DiST), Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Science and Technology (DiST), Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy.,Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
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- Department of Science and Technology (DiST), Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy.,Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
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Zeppilli D, Bellec L, Cambon-Bonavita MA, Decraemer W, Fontaneto D, Fuchs S, Gayet N, Mandon P, Michel LN, Portail M, Smol N, Sørensen MV, Vanreusel A, Sarrazin J. Ecology and trophic role of Oncholaimus dyvae sp. nov. (Nematoda: Oncholaimidae) from the lucky strike hydrothermal vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge). BMC ZOOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1186/s40850-019-0044-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Husson B, Sarrazin J, van Oevelen D, Sarradin PM, Soetaert K, Menesguen A. Modelling the interactions of the hydrothermal mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus with vent fluid. Ecol Modell 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Baldrighi E, Vanreusel A, Zeppilli D, Sandulli R, Segonzac M. Occurrence of Chromadorita regabi sp. nov. (Nematoda: Adenophorea), a nematode egg predator of Alvinocaris muricola (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae) from a deep cold seep area of the Gulf of Guinea. THE EUROPEAN ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2018.1498926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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- E. Baldrighi
- Institut Carnot Ifremer-EDROME, Ifremer, Centre Brest, REM/EEP/LEP, Plouzané, France
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- Marine Biology section, University of Gent, Gent, Belgium
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- Institut Carnot Ifremer-EDROME, Ifremer, Centre Brest, REM/EEP/LEP, Plouzané, France
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- Department of Sciences and Technologies, Naples University ‘Parthenope’, Napoli, Italy
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- Institut Carnot Ifremer-EDROME, Ifremer, Centre Brest, REM/EEP/LEP, Plouzané, France
- Département Systématique et évolution, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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Gollner S, Kaiser S, Menzel L, Jones DOB, Brown A, Mestre NC, van Oevelen D, Menot L, Colaço A, Canals M, Cuvelier D, Durden JM, Gebruk A, Egho GA, Haeckel M, Marcon Y, Mevenkamp L, Morato T, Pham CK, Purser A, Sanchez-Vidal A, Vanreusel A, Vink A, Martinez Arbizu P. Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2017; 129:76-101. [PMID: 28487161 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
With increasing demand for mineral resources, extraction of polymetallic sulphides at hydrothermal vents, cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts at seamounts, and polymetallic nodules on abyssal plains may be imminent. Here, we shortly introduce ecosystem characteristics of mining areas, report on recent mining developments, and identify potential stress and disturbances created by mining. We analyze species' potential resistance to future mining and perform meta-analyses on population density and diversity recovery after disturbances most similar to mining: volcanic eruptions at vents, fisheries on seamounts, and experiments that mimic nodule mining on abyssal plains. We report wide variation in recovery rates among taxa, size, and mobility of fauna. While densities and diversities of some taxa can recover to or even exceed pre-disturbance levels, community composition remains affected after decades. The loss of hard substrata or alteration of substrata composition may cause substantial community shifts that persist over geological timescales at mined sites.
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- Sabine Gollner
- German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, Germany; Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Ocean Systems (OCS), 't Horntje (Texel), The Netherlands.
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- German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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- German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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- National Oceanography Centre (NOC), University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom.
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- University of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
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- CIMA, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Algarve, Portugal.
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- Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Estuarine and Delta Systems (EDS), Yerseke, The Netherlands.
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- IFREMER, Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer, Plouzane, France.
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- IMAR Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, Horta, Açores, Portugal; MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Horta, Açores, Portugal.
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- GRC Marine Geosciences, Department of Earth and Ocean Dynamics, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- IMAR Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, Horta, Açores, Portugal; MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Horta, Açores, Portugal.
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- National Oceanography Centre (NOC), University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom.
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- P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia.
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- Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany; MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Bremen, Germany.
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- Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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- IMAR Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, Horta, Açores, Portugal; MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Horta, Açores, Portugal.
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- IMAR Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, Horta, Açores, Portugal; MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Horta, Açores, Portugal.
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- Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany.
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- GRC Marine Geosciences, Department of Earth and Ocean Dynamics, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Hannover, Germany.
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- German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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Mitochondrial DNA Analyses Indicate High Diversity, Expansive Population Growth and High Genetic Connectivity of Vent Copepods (Dirivultidae) across Different Oceans. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163776. [PMID: 27732624 PMCID: PMC5061364 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Communities in spatially fragmented deep-sea hydrothermal vents rich in polymetallic sulfides could soon face major disturbance events due to deep-sea mineral mining, such that unraveling patterns of gene flow between hydrothermal vent populations will be an important step in the development of conservation policies. Indeed, the time required by deep-sea populations to recover following habitat perturbations depends both on the direction of gene flow and the number of migrants available for re-colonization after disturbance. In this study we compare nine dirivultid copepod species across various geological settings. We analyze partial nucleotide sequences of the mtCOI gene and use divergence estimates (FST) and haplotype networks to infer intraspecific population connectivity between vent sites. Furthermore, we evaluate contrasting scenarios of demographic population expansion/decline versus constant population size (using, for example, Tajima's D). Our results indicate high diversity, population expansion and high connectivity of all copepod populations in all oceans. For example, haplotype diversity values range from 0.89 to 1 and FST values range from 0.001 to 0.11 for Stygiopontius species from the Central Indian Ridge, Mid Atlantic Ridge, East Pacific Rise, and Eastern Lau Spreading Center. We suggest that great abundance and high site occupancy by these species favor high genetic diversity. Two scenarios both showed similarly high connectivity: fast spreading centers with little distance between vent fields and slow spreading centers with greater distance between fields. This unexpected result may be due to some distinct frequency of natural disturbance events, or to aspects of individual life histories that affect realized rates of dispersal. However, our statistical performance analyses showed that at least 100 genomic regions should be sequenced to ensure accurate estimates of migration rate. Our demography parameters demonstrate that dirivultid populations are generally large and continuously undergoing population growth. Benthic and pelagic species abundance data support these findings.
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Tanaka H, Yasuhara M. A New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Species of Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Western Pacific: Implications for Adaptation, Endemism, and Dispersal of Ostracodes in Chemosynthetic Systems. Zoolog Sci 2016; 33:555-565. [PMID: 27715418 DOI: 10.2108/zs160079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields are among the most extreme habitats on Earth. Major research interests in these ecosystems have focused on the anomalous macrofauna, which are nourished by chemoautotrophic bacterial endosymbionts. In contrast, the meiofauna is largely overlooked in this chemosynthetic environment. The present study describes a new species, Thomontocypris shimanagai sp. nov. (Crustacea: Ostracoda), which was collected from the surface of colonies of neoverrucid barnacles and paralvinellid worms on the chimneys at the Myojin-sho submarine caldera. This is the first discovery of an ostracode from deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments in the western Pacific region. In addition to the species description, we discuss three aspects: 1) adaptation, 2) endemism, and 3) dispersal strategy of the hydrothermal vent ostracodes. Regarding these aspects, we conclude the following: 1) the new species may feed on sloughed-off tissues, mucus secretions, or fecal pellets of sessile organisms, rather than depend on chemoautotrophic bacteria as symbionts for energy; 2) as has been pointed out by other studies, Thomontocypris does not likely represent a vent-specific genus; however, this new species is considered to be endemic at the species level, as it has not been found outside of the type locality; and 3) this new species may have migrated from adjacent deep-sea chemosynthesis-based habitats, such as hydrothermal vents, with wood falls potentially having acted as stepping stones.
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- Hayato Tanaka
- 1 Takehara Marine Science Station, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University,5-8-1 Minato-machi, Takehara, Hiroshima 725-0024, Japan
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- 2 School of Biological Sciences, Swire Institute of Marine Science,Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong,Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Gollner S, Govenar B, Fisher CR, Bright M. Size matters at deep-sea hydrothermal vents: different diversity and habitat fidelity patterns of meio- and macrofauna. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 2015; 520:57-66. [PMID: 26166922 PMCID: PMC4496463 DOI: 10.3354/meps11078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Species with markedly different sizes interact when sharing the same habitat. Unravelling mechanisms that control diversity thus requires consideration of a range of size classes. We compared patterns of diversity and community structure for meio- and macrofaunal communities sampled along a gradient of environmental stress at deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise (9° 50' N) and neighboring basalt habitats. Both meio- and macrofaunal species richnesses were lowest in the high-stress vent habitat, but macrofaunal richness was highest among intermediate-stress vent habitats. Meiofaunal species richness was negatively correlated with stress, and highest on the basalt. In these deep-sea basalt habitats surrounding hydrothermal vents, meiofaunal species richness was consistently higher than that of macrofauna. Consideration of the physiological capabilities and life history traits of different-sized animals suggests that different patterns of diversity may be caused by different capabilities to deal with environmental stress in the 2 size classes. In contrast to meiofauna, adaptations of macrofauna may have evolved to allow them to maintain their physiological homeostasis in a variety of hydrothermal vent habitats and exploit this food-rich deep-sea environment in high abundances. The habitat fidelity patterns also differed: macrofaunal species occurred primarily at vents and were generally restricted to this habitat, but meiofaunal species were distributed more evenly across proximate and distant basalt habitats and were thus not restricted to vent habitats. Over evolutionary time scales these contrasting patterns are likely driven by distinct reproduction strategies and food demands inherent to fauna of different sizes.
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- Sabine Gollner
- Department of Marine Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am Meer, Am Südstrand 44, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
- Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Ecosystem Studies, Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, The Netherlands
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- Biology Department, Rhode Island College, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Providence, Rhode Island 02908, USA
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- Department of Biology, 208 Mueller Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Marine Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Gaudron SM, Lefebvre S, Nunes Jorge A, Gaill F, Pradillon F. Spatial and temporal variations in food web structure from newly-opened habitat at hydrothermal vents. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2012; 77:129-140. [PMID: 22503949 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2012] [Revised: 03/16/2012] [Accepted: 03/20/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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To highlight the spatio-temporal variability of the food web structure of hydrothermal vent fauna from newly-opened habitat, a series of Titanium Ring for Alvinellid Colonization devices (TRACs) was deployed at TICA site on the East Pacific Rise in 2006. This experiment was conducted for periods of 4 days, 13 days and one month and deployments were aligned along a gradient from the basaltic bottom to the vent openings. δ(13)C values of colonists revealed a narrower range of carbon sources in proximity to vent openings in Alvinella pompejana habitat than in Tevnia jerichonana habitat, separated by a distance of four meters. This was possibly due to a spatial change in available food sources with a possible higher contribution of particulate organic matter (POM) to the siboglinid habitat compared to a higher contribution of microbial primary producers such as Epsilonproteobacteria in the alvinellid habitat. Temporal variability was also observed during experimentation in the form of a shift in either δ(13)C and/or δ(15)N values for A. pompejana, Lepetodrilus elevatus, dirivultid copepods and polynoid polychaetes within a one-month window showing first of all, fast tissues turnover and secondly, a possible switch in feeding strategy or food sources. Lepidonotopodium riftense and Branchinotogluma sandersi may have to alternate between detritivorous and predatory feeding strategies. In addition, through the analysis of stable isotope composition of A. pompejana and its episymbionts, we provided evidence that these attached bacteria formed part of the worms' diet during the course of these colonization experiments.
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- Sylvie Marylène Gaudron
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Bâtiment A 4ème étage pièce 415, Paris VI, CNRS, UMR7138, Systématique, Adaptation, Evolution, équipe AMEX, 7 quai St Bernard, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France.
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German CR, Ramirez-Llodra E, Baker MC, Tyler PA. Deep-water chemosynthetic ecosystem research during the census of marine life decade and beyond: a proposed deep-ocean road map. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23259. [PMID: 21829722 PMCID: PMC3150416 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2011] [Accepted: 07/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The ChEss project of the Census of Marine Life (2002-2010) helped foster internationally-coordinated studies worldwide focusing on exploration for, and characterization of new deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystem sites. This work has advanced our understanding of the nature and factors controlling the biogeography and biodiversity of these ecosystems in four geographic locations: the Atlantic Equatorial Belt (AEB), the New Zealand region, the Arctic and Antarctic and the SE Pacific off Chile. In the AEB, major discoveries include hydrothermal seeps on the Costa Rica margin, deepest vents found on the Mid-Cayman Rise and the hottest vents found on the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. It was also shown that the major fracture zones on the MAR do not create barriers for the dispersal but may act as trans-Atlantic conduits for larvae. In New Zealand, investigations of a newly found large cold-seep area suggest that this region may be a new biogeographic province. In the Arctic, the newly discovered sites on the Mohns Ridge (71 °N) showed extensive mats of sulfur-oxidisng bacteria, but only one gastropod potentially bears chemosynthetic symbionts, while cold seeps on the Haakon Mossby Mud Volcano (72 °N) are dominated by siboglinid worms. In the Antarctic region, the first hydrothermal vents south of the Polar Front were located and biological results indicate that they may represent a new biogeographic province. The recent exploration of the South Pacific region has provided evidence for a sediment hosted hydrothermal source near a methane-rich cold-seep area. Based on our 8 years of investigations of deep-water chemosynthetic ecosystems worldwide, we suggest highest priorities for future research: (i) continued exploration of the deep-ocean ridge-crest; (ii) increased focus on anthropogenic impacts; (iii) concerted effort to coordinate a major investigation of the deep South Pacific Ocean - the largest contiguous habitat for life within Earth's biosphere, but also the world's least investigated deep-ocean basin.
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- Christopher R. German
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Institut de Ciències del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Gollner S, Ivanenko VN, Arbizu PM, Bright M. Advances in taxonomy, ecology, and biogeography of Dirivultidae (copepoda) associated with chemosynthetic environments in the deep sea. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9801. [PMID: 20838422 PMCID: PMC2868908 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2009] [Accepted: 02/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Copepoda is one of the most prominent higher taxa with almost 80 described species at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The unique copepod family Dirivultidae with currently 50 described species is the most species rich invertebrate family at hydrothermal vents. Methodology/Principal Findings We reviewed the literature of Dirivultidae and provide a complete key to species, and map geographical and habitat specific distribution. In addition we discuss the ecology and origin of this family. Conclusions/Significance Dirivultidae are only present at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and along the axial summit trough of midocean ridges, with the exception of Dirivultus dentaneus found associated with Lamellibrachia species at 1125 m depth off southern California. To our current knowledge Dirivultidae are unknown from shallow-water vents, seeps, whale falls, and wood falls. They are a prominent part of all communities at vents and in certain habitat types (like sulfide chimneys colonized by pompei worms) they are the most abundant animals. They are free-living on hard substrate, mostly found in aggregations of various foundation species (e.g. alvinellids, vestimentiferans, and bivalves). Most dirivultid species colonize more than one habitat type. Dirivultids have a world-wide distribution, but most genera and species are endemic to a single biogeographic region. Their origin is unclear yet, but immigration from other deep-sea chemosynthetic habitats (stepping stone hypothesis) or from the deep-sea sediments seems unlikely, since Dirivultidae are unknown from these environments. Dirivultidae is the most species rich family and thus can be considered the most successful taxon at deep-sea vents.
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- Sabine Gollner
- Department of Marine Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Vanreusel A, De Groote A, Gollner S, Bright M. Ecology and biogeography of free-living nematodes associated with chemosynthetic environments in the deep sea: a review. PLoS One 2010; 5:e12449. [PMID: 20805986 PMCID: PMC2929199 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2010] [Accepted: 07/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Here, insight is provided into the present knowledge on free-living nematodes associated with chemosynthetic environments in the deep sea. It was investigated if the same trends of high standing stock, low diversity, and the dominance of a specialized fauna, as observed for macro-invertebrates, are also present in the nematodes in both vents and seeps. METHODOLOGY This review is based on existing literature, in combination with integrated analysis of datasets, obtained through the Census of Marine Life program on Biogeography of Deep-Water Chemosynthetic Ecosystems (ChEss). FINDINGS Nematodes are often thriving in the sulphidic sediments of deep cold seeps, with standing stock values ocassionaly exceeding largely the numbers at background sites. Vents seem not characterized by elevated densities. Both chemosynthetic driven ecosystems are showing low nematode diversity, and high dominance of single species. Genera richness seems inversely correlated to vent and seep fluid emissions, associated with distinct habitat types. Deep-sea cold seeps and hydrothermal vents are, however, highly dissimilar in terms of community composition and dominant taxa. There is no unique affinity of particular nematode taxa with seeps or vents. CONCLUSIONS It seems that shallow water relatives, rather than typical deep-sea taxa, have successfully colonized the reduced sediments of seeps at large water depth. For vents, the taxonomic similarity with adjacent regular sediments is much higher, supporting rather the importance of local adaptation, than that of long distance distribution. Likely the ephemeral nature of vents, its long distance offshore and the absence of pelagic transport mechanisms, have prevented so far the establishment of a successful and typical vent nematode fauna. Some future perspectives in meiofauna research are provided in order to get a more integrated picture of vent and seep biological processes, including all components of the marine ecosystem.
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- Ann Vanreusel
- Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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