The structure and dynamics of natural communities result from the interplay of abiotic and biotic factors. We used manipulative field experiments to determine the relative roles of abiotic conditions and biotic interactions in structuring deep-sea (2500 m depth) communities along environmental gradients around hydrothermal vents of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (East Pacific Rise, at 9°50' N). We tested (1) whether predation by crabs and fishes affects the recruitment of benthic species and subsequent community structure and (2) whether the effects of predation vary along the steep gradients of temperature, oxygen, sulfide, and metal concentrations near vents. Recruitment substrates (basalt cubic blocks, roughly 10 cm on a side), both ...
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents are subject to major disturbances that alter the physical and chemical e...
Our ecological knowledge of deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities, particularly in the Atlantic, is...
© Inter-Research 2004 · www.int-res.comDOI: 10.3354/meps275011Organisms at deep-sea hydrothermal ven...
The structure and dynamics of natural communities result from the interplay of abiotic and biotic fa...
peer reviewedProductivity and environmental stress are major drivers of multiple biodiversity facets...
Chemosynthetic primary production by microbes supports abundant faunal assemblages at deep-sea hydro...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biology, 2009.Cataloged from PDF ve...
The two known deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields along the Mid-Cayman Rise are separated by a distanc...
Species with markedly different sizes interact when sharing the same habitat. Unravelling mechanisms...
editorial reviewedHydrothermal vents are features of the seafloor where fluids (acidic, geothermally...
The hydrothermal vents on the East Scotia Ridge are the first to be explored in the Antarctic and ar...
Sediment-hosted hydrothermal vents, where hot, mineral-rich water flows through sediment, are poorly...
Due to increasing anthropogenic impacts on deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems, it is essential to...
The very few predators at deep-sea hydrothermal vents have been hypothesized to allow extremely vuln...
Background: We studied the meiofauna community at deep-sea hydrothermal vents along a gradient of ve...
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents are subject to major disturbances that alter the physical and chemical e...
Our ecological knowledge of deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities, particularly in the Atlantic, is...
© Inter-Research 2004 · www.int-res.comDOI: 10.3354/meps275011Organisms at deep-sea hydrothermal ven...
The structure and dynamics of natural communities result from the interplay of abiotic and biotic fa...
peer reviewedProductivity and environmental stress are major drivers of multiple biodiversity facets...
Chemosynthetic primary production by microbes supports abundant faunal assemblages at deep-sea hydro...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biology, 2009.Cataloged from PDF ve...
The two known deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields along the Mid-Cayman Rise are separated by a distanc...
Species with markedly different sizes interact when sharing the same habitat. Unravelling mechanisms...
editorial reviewedHydrothermal vents are features of the seafloor where fluids (acidic, geothermally...
The hydrothermal vents on the East Scotia Ridge are the first to be explored in the Antarctic and ar...
Sediment-hosted hydrothermal vents, where hot, mineral-rich water flows through sediment, are poorly...
Due to increasing anthropogenic impacts on deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems, it is essential to...
The very few predators at deep-sea hydrothermal vents have been hypothesized to allow extremely vuln...
Background: We studied the meiofauna community at deep-sea hydrothermal vents along a gradient of ve...
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents are subject to major disturbances that alter the physical and chemical e...
Our ecological knowledge of deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities, particularly in the Atlantic, is...
© Inter-Research 2004 · www.int-res.comDOI: 10.3354/meps275011Organisms at deep-sea hydrothermal ven...