The deep sea, the largest ecosystem on Earth and one of the least studied, harbours high
biodiversity and provides a wealth of resources. Although humans have used the oceans for …

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

Characteristics of cold seeps at different geologic settings are the subject of this review
primarily based on results of the Research Consortium SFB 574. Criteria are drawn from …

The marine areas of South America (SA) include almost 30,000 km of coastline and
encompass three different oceanic domains—the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic …

Cold seeps are among the most heterogeneous of all continental margin habitats. Abiotic
sources of heterogeneity in these systems include local variability in fluid flow, geochemistry …

Cold seeps can support unique faunal communities via chemosynthetic interactions fueled
by seabed emissions of hydrocarbons. Additionally, cold seeps can enhance habitat …

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 …

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 …

Sabellida Levinsen, 1883 is a large morphologically uniform group of sedentary annelids
commonly known as fanworms. These annelids live in tubes made either of calcareous …

Since the first discovery of hydrothermal vents at the Galapagos Spreading Center in 1977,
gastropods have gained considerable attention as a major constituent of the …