Hydrothermal vents and methane seeps: rethinking the sphere of influence

LA Levin, AR Baco, DA Bowden, A Colaco… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Although initially viewed as oases within a barren deep ocean, hydrothermal vents and
methane seep chemosynthetic communities are now recognized to interact with surrounding …

Symbiotic diversity in marine animals: the art of harnessing chemosynthesis

N Dubilier, C Bergin, C Lott - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2008 - nature.com
Chemosynthetic symbioses between bacteria and marine invertebrates were discovered 30
years ago at hydrothermal vents on the Galapagos Rift. Remarkably, it took the discovery of …

[LIBRO][B] Biology and evolution of the mollusca, volume 1

WF Ponder, DR Lindberg, JM Ponder - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Hydrocarbon seep and hydrothermal vent paleoenvironments and paleontology: Past developments and future research directions

KA Campbell - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2006 - Elsevier
Hydrocarbon seeps and hydrothermal vents are now known to be common at continental
margins and oceanic spreading centers worldwide, exuding fluids rich in CH4 and H2S, and …

[LIBRO][B] Marine ecology: processes, systems, and impacts

MJ Kaiser - 2011 - books.google.com
The oceans cover the majority of the Earth's surface; they influence our climate and provide
a valuable source of food to billions of people. Yet despite its fundamental impact on our …

Evolution and biogeography of deep-sea vent and seep invertebrates

CL Van Dover, CR German, KG Speer, LM Parson… - science, 2002 - science.org
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps are submarine springs where nutrient-rich
fluids emanate from the sea floor. Vent and seep ecosystems occur in a variety of geological …

The ecology of rafting in the marine environment. I. The floating substrata

M Thiel, L Gutow - Oceanography and Marine Biology: an annual …, 2004 - books.google.com
Rafting has been inferred as an important dispersal mechanism in the marine environment
by many authors. The success of rafting depends critically on the availability of suitable …

Whale-fall ecosystems: recent insights into ecology, paleoecology, and evolution

CR Smith, AG Glover, T Treude… - Annual Review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Whale falls produce remarkable organic-and sulfide-rich habitat islands at the seafloor. The
past decade has seen a dramatic increase in studies of modern and fossil whale remains …

On bivalve phylogeny: a high‐level analysis of the Bivalvia (Mollusca) based on combined morphology and DNA sequence data

G Giribet, W Wheeler - Invertebrate Biology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Bivalve classification has suffered in the past from the crossed‐purpose discussions among
paleontologists and neontologists, and many have based their proposals on single …

The ecology of rafting in the marine environment. III. Biogeographical and evolutionary consequences

RN Gibson, RJA Atkinson… - Oceanogr Mar Biol Annu …, 2006 - books.google.com
Rafting of marine and terrestrial organisms has important ecological, biogeographical and
evolutionary implications. Herein the general principles of rafting are described and how …