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The Tubeworm Forests of Hydrothermal Vents and Cold Seeps
The deep sea is typified by habitats that are dependent upon organic matter delivery from the sunlit surface. However, a few unusual ecosystems are...
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Importance of Prokaryotes in the Functioning and Evolution of the Present and Past Geosphere and Biosphere
On a volcanic and anaerobic planet characterized by abundant hydrothermal activity, physicochemical gradients and disequilibria at the local scale...
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Tissue-specific fatty acid profiles of vent-obligate tonguefishes (Symphurus spp.) on volcanic arcs in the western Pacific Ocean
Symphurine tonguefishes (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae) have been found at hydrothermal vents on several submarine volcanoes in the western...
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Environmental information for a marine ecosystem research approach for the northern Antarctic Peninsula (RV Polarstern expedition PS81, ANT-XXIX/3)
During the austral summer expedition PS81, ANT-XXIX/3 with the German research ice breaker Polarstern in 2013, research was carried out to...
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Microbial diversity and adaptation to high hydrostatic pressure in deep-sea hydrothermal vents prokaryotes
Prokaryotes inhabiting in the deep sea vent ecosystem will thus experience harsh conditions of temperature, pH, salinity or high hydrostatic pressure...
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Archaeal diversity from hydrothermal systems of Deception Island, Antarctica
Antarctica is an extreme continent composed of cold environments but also of several geothermal sites, among them is Deception Island, an active...
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The Extreme Conditions of Life on the Planet and Exobiology
Extreme physicochemical conditions (low and high temperatures, high salinity, low and high pH, high hydrostatic pressure, etc.) existing on Earth are...
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Ultra-diffuse hydrothermal venting supports Fe-oxidizing bacteria and massive umber deposition at 5000 m off Hawaii
A novel hydrothermal field has been discovered at the base of Lōihi Seamount, Hawaii, at 5000 mbsl. Geochemical analyses demonstrate that ‘FeMO...
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Compositional, Physiological and Metabolic Variability in Microbial Communities Associated with Geochemically Diverse, Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fluids
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments represent one of the most physically and chemically diverse biomes in Earth. The chemical and thermal...
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Feast and famine — microbial life in the deep-sea bed
The seabed is a diverse environment that ranges from the desert-like deep seafloor to the rich oases that are present at seeps, vents, and food falls...
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Systematics and ecology of a new species of stalked barnacle (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Scalpellomorpha: Eolepadidae: Neolepadini) from the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge at 38° S
A new species of scalpellomorph barnacle belonging to the genus Vulcanolepas is described from material collected at an active vent on the...
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A revision of stalked barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Scalpellomorpha: Eolepadidae: Neolepadinae) associated with hydrothermalism, including a description of a new genus and species from a volcanic seamount off Papua New Guinea
In describing a new species of pedunculate barnacle that occurs in large numbers in sulphidic seep conditions on a volcanic seamount off Lihir...
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A new genus of Nanaloricidae (Loricifera) from deep-sea sediments of volcanic origin in the Kilinailau Trench north of Papua New Guinea
A new genus and species of Nanaloricidae (Loricifera), Phoeniciloricus simplidigitatus , is described inhabiting fine sand covered by a layer of...
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Shallow-water hydrothermal vents in the Mediterranean sea: step** stones for Lessepsian migration?
The present study was carried out in Palaeochori Bay, south eastern coast of Milos, where outflow of hot gas bubbles and hydrothermal water seepage...
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Shallow-water hydrothermal vents in the Mediterranean sea: step** stones for Lessepsian migration?
The present study was carried out in Palaeochori Bay, south eastern coast of Milos, where outflow of hot gas bubbles and hydrothermal water seepage...
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A review of the distribution of hydrothermal vent communities along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge: dispersal vs. environmental controls
Until 1985, seven vent fields were described from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR). An eighth field, Mount Saldanha (36° N), discovered in 1998, showed...
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A review of the distribution of hydrothermal vent communities along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge: dispersal vs. environmental controls
Until 1985, seven vent fields were described from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR). An eighth field, Mount Saldanha (36° N), discovered in 1998, showed...
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Specific and genetic diversity at deep-sea hydrothermal vents: an overview
Hydrothermal vent communities are ancient (i.e. early Mesozoic) and characterized by high biomasses, low number of species and high levels of...
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The endo-upwelling concept: from geothermal convection to reef construction
Measurements of interstitial waters in deep wells (0–500 m) in Mururoa and in shallow bores (0–35 m) in Tikehau (French Polynesia) have shown high...