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| Zekely, J; Gollner, S; Van Dover, C; Govenar, B; Le Bris, Nadine; Nemeschkal, H; Bright, M. |
| The meiobenthic nematode community of three different vent sites at the East Pacific Rise was studied in order to determine whether the abundance, species richness, diversity and trophic structure were similar. The sites Tica and Riftia Field were dominated by the tubeworm, Riftia pachyptila, and the Buckfield site was dominated by the mussel Bathymodiolus thermophilus. The nematode communities of all three sites were low in abundance (< 1 up to 46 ind. 10 cm(-2)), except one sample from Tica with almost 1000 ind. 10 cm(-2). The communities at all sites consisted entirely of primary consumers, mostly deposit feeders. Species richness and Shannon-Wiener diversity indices were low and similar at both tubeworm sites and slightly but significantly higher at... |
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Palavras-chave: East Pacific Rise; Bathymodiolus thermophilus; Riftia pachyptila; Nematodes; Meiobenthos; Hydrothermal vent. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-3608.pdf |
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| Gollner, S; Zekely, J; Van Dover, C; Govenar, B; Le Bris, Nadine; Nemeschkal, H; Bright, M. |
| Variability in the structure of the meiobenthic copepod communities was studied among three vent sites on the East Pacific Rise. One of the sites was dominated by the mussel Bathymodiolus thermophilus, and the other two of the sites were dominated by the tubeworm Riftia pachyptila. In addition to the differences in the dominant megafauna, the maximum temperatures were much lower at the mussel-dominated sites, and the temperature to sulfide ratio was different between the tubeworm-dominated sites. A total of 22 vent endemic siphonostomatoid copepod species and 5 harpacticoid copepod species were identified among the three sites. Copepod abundance was low at all sites (< 1 - 31 ind. 10 cm(-2)). Species richness ranged from 6 - 14, Shannon-Wiener diversity... |
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Palavras-chave: Community structure; East Pacific Rise; Riftia pachyptila; Bathymodiolus thermophilus; Hydrothermal vent; Meiobenthic copepods. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-3611.pdf |
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| Brand, G; Horak, R; Le Bris, Nadine; Goffredi, S; Carney, S; Govenar, B; Yancey, P. |
| Vesicomyid clams, vestimentiferans, and some bathymodiolin mussels from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps possess thiotrophic endosymbionts, high levels of hypotaurine and, in tissues with symbionts, thiotaurine. The latter, a product of hypotaurine and sulfide, may store and/or transport sulfide non-toxically, and the ratio to hypotaurine plus thiotauririe (Th/[H + Th]) may reflect an animal's sulfide exposure. To test this, we analyzed seep and vent animals with in situ sulfide measurements. Calyptogena kilmeri clams occur at high-sulfide seeps in Monterey Canyon, while C. (Vesicomya) pacifica clams occur at seeps with lower levels but take up and metabolize sulfide more effectively. From one seep where they co-occur, both had gill thiotaurine contents... |
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Palavras-chave: Vestimentiferan; Vesicomyid; Thiotaurine; Taurine; Hypotaurine; Bathymodiolin. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3563.pdf |
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