Although initially viewed as oases within a barren deep ocean, hydrothermal vents and
methane seep chemosynthetic communities are now recognized to interact with surrounding …

Current knowledge on the role of food for benthic communities and associated food webs
focuses on quantity of available organic matter; however, the few studies that specifically …

The behaviour of the iconic ichnogenus Chondrites is re-evaluated based on review of
existing literature and analysis of novel data (macroscopic, thin section and ESEM-EDX …

Sediments associated with hydrothermal venting, methane seepage and large organic falls
such as whale, wood and plant detritus create deep-sea networks of soft-sediment habitats …

More than 30 sites of active and inactive methane seepage have been discovered on the
continental slope of the South China Sea over the past decade. Here we use stable isotopes …

This paper is an introduction to and an overview of papers presented in the Special Issue of
Marine Geology “Methane seeps at the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand”. In 2006 and 2007 …

The distribution and heterogeneity characteristics of microbial communities in cold seep
water columns are significant factors governing the efficiency of methane filtering and …

The methane-emitting cold seeps of Hikurangi margin (New Zealand) are among the few
deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems of the Southern Hemisphere known to date. Here we …

Cold seep communities with distinctive chemoautotrophic fauna occur where hydrocarbon-
rich fluids escape from the seabed. We describe community composition, population …

Upon their initial discovery, hydrothermal vents and methane seeps were considered to be
related but distinct ecosystems, with different distributions, geomorphology, temperatures …