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| Thomas, Elin A.; Liu, Ruoyu; Amon, Diva; Copley, Jon T.; Glover, Adrian G.; Helyar, Sarah J.; Olu, Karine; Wiklund, Helena; Zhang, Haibin; Sigwart, Julia D.. |
| Chemosynthetic ecosystems have long been acknowledged as key areas of enrichment for deep-sea life, supporting hundreds of endemic species. Echinoderms are among the most common taxa inhabiting the periphery of chemosynthetic environments, and of these, chiridotid holothurians are often the most frequently observed. Yet, published records of chiridotids in these habitats are often noted only as supplemental information to larger ecological studies and several remain taxonomically unverified. This study therefore aimed to collate and review all known records attributed to Chiridota Eschscholtz, 1829, and to conduct the first phylogenetic analysis into the relationship of these chiridotid holothurians across global chemosynthetic habitats. We show that... |
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Palavras-chave: Deep sea; Chemosynthetic environments; Opportunism; Widespread; Echinoderms. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00660/77183/78609.pdf |
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| Cuvelier, Daphne; Sarrazin, Jozee; Colaco, Ana; Copley, Jon; Desbruyeres, Daniel; Glover, Adrian G.; Tyler, Paul; Santos, Ricardo Serrao. |
| Whilst the fauna inhabiting hydrothermal vent structures in the Atlantic Ocean is reasonably well known, less is understood about the spatial distributions of the fauna in relation to abiotic and biotic factors. In this study, a major active hydrothermal edifice (Eiffel Tower, at 1690 m depth) on the Lucky Strike vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR)) was investigated. Video transects were carried out by ROV Victor 6000 and complete image coverage was acquired. Four distinct assemblages, ranging from dense larger-sized Bathymodiolus mussel beds to smaller-sized mussel clumps and alvinocaridid shrimps, and two types of substrata were defined based on high definition photographs and video imagery. To evaluate spatial variation, faunal distribution was mapped... |
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Palavras-chave: Vent ecology; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Hydrothermal vent; Lucky Strike; Video analysis; Faunal assemblages; Spatial distribution; Community structure. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-7328.pdf |
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| Cuvelier, Daphne; Sarradin, Pierre-marie; Sarrazin, Jozee; Colaco, Ana; Copley, Jon T.; Desbruyeres, Daniel; Glover, Adrian G.; Santos, Ricardo Serrao; Tyler, Paul A.. |
| The Eiffel Tower edifice is situated in the Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent field at a mean depth of 1690 m on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR). At this 11-m-high hydrothermal structure, different faunal assemblages, varying in visibly dominant species (mussels and shrimp), in mussel size and in density of mussel coverage, were sampled biologically and chemically. Temperature and sulphide (Sigma S) were measured on the different types of mussel-based assemblages and on a shrimp-dominated assemblage. Temperature was used as a proxy for calculating total concentrations of CH4. Based on the physico-chemical measurements, two microhabitats were identified, corresponding to (i) a more variable habitat featuring the greatest fluctuations in environmental variables... |
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Palavras-chave: Faunal assemblage; Hydrothermal vent; Microhabitat; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Physico-chemical characterisation. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00035/14648/13996.pdf |
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| Washburn, Travis W.; Menot, Lenaick; Bonifácio, Paulo; Pape, Ellen; Błażewicz, Magdalena; Bribiesca-contreras, Guadalupe; Dahlgren, Thomas G.; Fukushima, Tomohiko; Glover, Adrian G.; Ju, Se Jong; Kaiser, Stefanie; Yu, Ok Hwan; Smith, Craig R.. |
| Macrofauna are an abundant and diverse component of abyssal benthic communities and are likely to be heavily impacted by polymetallic nodule mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). In 2012, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) used available benthic biodiversity data and environmental proxies to establish nine no-mining areas, called Areas of Particular Environmental Interest (APEIs) in the CCZ. The APEIs were intended as a representative system of protected areas to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem function across the region from mining impacts. Since 2012, a number of research programs have collected additional ecological baseline data from the CCZ. We assemble and analyze macrofaunal biodiversity data sets from eight studies, focusing on... |
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Palavras-chave: Macrofauna; Deep-sea mining; Biodiversity; Polychaeta; Manganese nodules; POC flux; Species ranges; Areas of particular environmental interest. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00687/79937/82834.pdf |
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