The emerging picture of a diverse deep Arctic Ocean seafloor: From habitats to ecosystems

E Ramirez-Llodra, HK Meyer, BA Bluhm… - Elementa: Science of …, 2024 - online.ucpress.edu
deep-sea benthic Arctic communities remains very limited. Yet, through our compilation of
habitat maps, we show that the Arctic contains a high diversity of geomorphological features …

Fauna associated with shallow-water methane seeps in the Laptev Sea

AA Vedenin, VN Kokarev, MV Chikina, AB Basin… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Background Methane seeps support unique benthic ecosystems in the deep sea existing
due to chemosynthetic organic matter. In contrast, in shallow waters there is little or no effect …

[HTML][HTML] High temperature hydrothermal alteration and amphibole formation in Gakkel Ridge abyssal peridotites

SN Patterson, KJ Lynn, C Prigent, JM Warren - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Alteration mineral assemblages in abyssal peridotites offer insights into the temperature and
pressure conditions during hydrothermal fluid circulation in the oceanic lithosphere …

Integrative taxonomy of a new cocculinid limpet dominating the Aurora Vent Field in the central Arctic ocean

C Chen, A Hilário, CF Rodrigues… - Royal Society …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents host lush chemosynthetic communities, dominated by
endemic fauna that cannot live in other ecosystems. Despite over 500 active vents found …

High-resolution bathymetry coupled with 3D models of hydrothermal vents from opportunistically-acquired imagery: Aurora vent field, Arctic Ocean

T Isler, M Jakuba, T Kwasnitschka, A Purser… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Active venting at the Aurora hydrothermal field was first located in 2014. In July 2023, the
AUV/ROV Nereid Under Ice (NUI) expanded the known size of the Aurora hydrothermal …