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| Vanreusel, Ann; Andersen, Ann C.; Boetius, Antje; Connelly, Douglas; Cunha, Marina R.; Decker, Carole; Hilario, Ana; Kormas, Konstantinos Ar.; Maignien, Lois; Olu, Karine; Pachiadaki, Maria; Ritt, Benedicte; Rodrigues, Clara; Sarrazin, Jozee; Tyler, Paul; Van Gaever, Saskia; Vanneste, Heleen. |
| During the European Commission's Framework Six Programme, HERMES, we investigated three main areas along the European margin, each characterized by the presence of seep-related structures exhibiting different intensity of activity and biological diversity. These areas are: (1) the Nordic margin with the Hakon Mosby mud volcano and many pockmarks, (2) the Gulf of Cadiz, and (3) the eastern Mediterranean with its hundreds of mud volcanoes and brine pool structures. One of the main goals of the HERMES project was to unravel the biodiversity associated with these seep-associated ecosystems, and to understand their driving forces and functions, using an integrated approach. Several multidisciplinary research cruises to these three areas provided evidence of... |
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Palavras-chave: Mosby mud volcano; Gulf of mexico; Cadiz ne atlantic; Deep sea fan; Community structure; Microbial communities; Fluid flow; Mediterranean sea; Carbonate crusts; Norwegian sea. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-6375.pdf |
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| Ritt, Benedicte; Pierre, Catherine; Gauthier, Olivier; Wenzhoefer, Frank; Boetius, Antje; Sarrazin, Jozee. |
| The Nile Deep-Sea Fan (NDSF) is located on the passive continental margin off Egypt and is characterized by the occurrence of active fluid seepage such as brine lakes, pockmarks and mud volcanoes. This study characterizes the structure of faunal assemblages of such active seepage systems of the NDSF. Benthic communities associated with reduced, sulphidic microhabitats such as sediments and carbonate crusts were sampled by remotely operated vehicles during two cruises in 2006 (BIONIL) and 2007 (MEDECO). Environmental conditions and biological factors including family-level faunal composition, density and diversity were measured at local and regional scales. Significant differences were detected at different spatial scales: (1) the fauna of reduced habitats... |
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| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00037/14798/12212.pdf |
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| Ritt, Benedicte; Sarrazin, Jozee; Caprais, Jean-claude; Noel, Philippe; Gauthier, Olivier; Pierre, Catherine; Henry, Pierre; Desbruyeres, Daniel. |
| A brackish-water cold seep on the North Anatolian Fault (NAF) in the Marmara Sea was investigated with the Nautile submersible during the MarNaut cruise in 2007. This active zone has already been surveyed and revealed evidence of active seeping on the seafloor, such as bubble emissions, patches of reduced sediments, microbial mats and authigenic carbonate crusts. MarNaut was the first opportunity to sample benthic communities in the three most common microhabitats (bioturbated and reduced sediments, carbonate crust) and to examine their relationships with environmental conditions. To do so, faunal communities were sampled and chemical measurements were taken close to the organisms. According to diversity indices, the bioturbated microhabitat exhibited the... |
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Palavras-chave: Marmara Sea; Cold seep; Benthic fauna; Biological diversity; Environmental conditions; Chemosynthetic. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00014/12506/9528.pdf |
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| Carlier, Antoine; Ritt, Benedicte; Rodrigues, Clara F.; Sarrazin, Jozee; Olu, Karine; Grall, Jacques; Clavier, Jacques. |
| Cold seep communities in the Mediterranean Sea have only been discovered two decades ago, and their trophic ecology has been the subject of very few studies. We investigated the benthic food web of two deep chemosynthesis-based ecosystems on the Napoli and Amsterdam mud volcanoes (MVs) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (similar to 2,000 m depth). Seeping methane has been detected at the surface of both MVs during pioneering cruises and has been hypothesised to be assimilated by benthic fauna as observed in other oceans' margins. Given the extreme oligotrophic character of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, we a priori expected that chemosynthetic food sources, especially methane-derived carbon (MDC), played a major trophic role in these deep seep communities... |
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Palavras-chave: Gulf of Mexico; Anaerobic methane oxidation; Stable isotope analysis; Sea hydrothermal vents; Food web structure; Kazan mud volcano; Florida escarpment; Trophic relationships; Benthic communauties; Lamellibrachia SP. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00016/12684/9633.pdf |
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| Ritt, Benedicte; Duperron, Sebastien; Lorion, Julien; Lazar, Cassandre; Sarrazin, Jozee. |
| Recently, small Idas-like mussels have been discovered living on carbonate crusts associated with cold-seeps in the Marmara Sea. These mussels, here referred to as Idas-like nov. sp., differ morphologically and genetically from another species identified as Idas aff. modiolaeformis, living in the same type of ecosystem in the Nile Deep-Sea Fan (eastern Mediterranean Sea). A phylogenetic analysis confirms the distinction between the two species, which belong to highly divergent lineages. Carbon stable isotope values, as well as the detection of thiotroph-related bacteria in the gill tissue, support the presence of a symbiotic, thiotroph-derived nutrition. In contrast, Idas aff. modiolaeformis displays six different types of symbionts. Finally our... |
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Palavras-chave: Mytilidae; Idas-like; Cold-seeps; Marmara Sea; Phylogeny; Symbiosis; Stable isotopes. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00098/20915/19672.pdf |
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| Henry, Pierre; Tryon, Mike; Bourlange, Sylvain; Geli, Louis; Zitter, Tiphaine; Bouloubassi, Ioanna; Burnard, Pete; Cagatay, M Namik; Chevalier, Nicolas; Gasperini, Luca; Gorur, Naci; Gerigk, Christoph; Leveque, Claude; Le Pichon, Xavier; Lopez-garcia, Purification; Massol, Alain; Mercier De Lepinay, Bernard; Natalin, Boris; Ozeren, Sinan; Pierre, Catherine; Ritt, Benedicte; Sengor, Am Celal; Ucarkus, Gulsen. |
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| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00398/50962/51714.pdf |
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| Ritt, Benedicte; Desbruyeres, Daniel; Caprais, Jean-claude; Gauthier, Olivier; Ruffine, Livio; Buscail, Roselyne; Olu-le Roy, Karine; Sarrazin, Jozee. |
| The Mediterranean Sea constitutes a unique environment to study cold-seep ecosystems due to the presence of different geodynamic settings, from an active margin along the Mediterranean Ridge (MR) to a passive margin in the Nile Deep-Sea Fan (NDSF). We attempted to identify the structure of benthic communities associated with the Napoli and Amsterdam mud volcanoes (MVs) located on the MR and to establish the links between faunal distribution and environmental conditions at different spatial scales. Comparison between the 2 MVs revealed that the faunal distribution seemed to be mainly controlled by the characteristics of the microhabitats. On both geological structures, the variability between the different microhabitats was higher than the variability... |
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Palavras-chave: Mediterranean Ridge; Cold seeps; Benthic fauna; Environmental conditions; Diversity indices; Microhabitats. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00106/21725/19292.pdf |
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