Characteristics of meiofauna in extreme marine ecosystems: a review

D Zeppilli, D Leduc, C Fontanier, D Fontaneto… - Marine Biodiversity, 2018 - Springer
Extreme marine environments cover more than 50% of the Earth's surface and offer many
opportunities for investigating the biological responses and adaptations of organisms to …

Review of recent trends in ecological studies of deep-sea meiofauna, with focus on patterns and processes at small to regional spatial scales

N Rosli, D Leduc, AA Rowden, PK Probert - Marine Biodiversity, 2018 - Springer
Meiofauna are an important component of deep-sea benthic communities because they are
highly abundant and play an important role in the sediment. This review describes trends in …

Discovery of active hydrothermal vent fields along the Central Indian Ridge, 8–12 S

J Kim, SK Son, D Kim, SJ Pak, OH Yu… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Four new hydrothermal vent fields were discovered on the slow spreading Central Indian
Ridge (8–12° S; Segments 1–3), all located off‐axis on abyssal hill structures or Ocean Core …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a common approach to the assessment of the environmental status of deep-sea ecosystems in areas beyond national jurisdiction

C Orejas, E Kenchington, J Rice, G Kazanidis… - Marine Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Many of the marine policy frameworks developed to protect biodiversity in deep-sea areas,
including areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ), include indicators to assess policy …

Rapid colonisation by nematodes on organic and inorganic substrata deployed at the deep-sea Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)

D Zeppilli, A Vanreusel, F Pradillon, S Fuchs… - Marine Biodiversity, 2015 - Springer
Despite the fragmented nature of hydrothermal vent (HV) fields, nascent vent sites are
rapidly colonized by a pool of regional species. While succession of large animals at vents is …

Copepod colonization of organic and inorganic substrata at a deep-sea hydrothermal vent site on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

C Plum, F Pradillon, Y Fujiwara, J Sarrazin - Deep Sea Research Part II …, 2017 - Elsevier
The few existing studies on deep-sea hydrothermal vent copepods indicate low connectivity
with surrounding environments and reveal high endemism among vents. However, the …

Biogeography of deep-sea wood fall, cold seep and hydrothermal vent Ostracoda (Crustacea), with the description of a new family and a taxonomic key to living …

I Karanovic, SN Brandão - Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Stimulated by finding a novel cytheroid ostracod in a piece of sunken wood retrieved from
the sea-bed in the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, we have reviewed all previously published data …

Diversity and composition of the copepod communities associated with megafauna around a cold seep in the Gulf of Mexico with remarks on species biogeography

C Plum, S Gollner, P Martínez-Arbizu, M Bright - Marine Biodiversity, 2015 - Springer
In order to characterize the copepod communities associated with tubeworm and mussel
aggregations around a hydrocarbon seep in the Green Canyon of the Gulf of Mexico …

Meiofauna community in soft sediments at TAG and Snake Pit hydrothermal vent fields

A Spedicato, N Sánchez, L Pastor, L Menot… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The risk assessment of seafloor massive sulfide (SMS) mining on meiobenthic organisms,
specifically on soft-sediment meiofauna, is impeded by a lack of knowledge on the biology …

Simple harpacticoid composition observed at deep hydrothermal vent sites on sea knoll calderas in the North-west Pacific

F Nakasugi, M Shimanaga, H Nomaki… - Journal of the Marine …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Dirivultid copepods (Siphonostomatoida), one of the most successful meiobenthic
organisms found at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, have been the focus of most previous …