Hydrothermal vent communities and plate tectonics

Hydrothermal vent communities and plate tectonics

Deep in the oceans, hydrothermal vents are home to an extraordinary array of fauna. These animals depend primarily not on sunlight, but on the chemical energy of the hot fluids issuing from the cracked volcanic rocks along the mid-ocean ridges. Of the 442 species so far discovered, only 9% are known...

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Published in:Endeavour (New series) Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 164 - 168
Main Authors: Fowler, C.Mary R., Tunnicliffe, Verena
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Avenel Elsevier Ltd 01-01-1997
Elsevier Science
Pergamon Press Inc
Subjects:
Ecology
Geology
History of science and technology
Life sciences
Marine
Natural sciences
Oceans
Plate tectonics
Evolution
Ecology
Geology
Hydrobiology
Fauna
Tectonics
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Summary:Deep in the oceans, hydrothermal vents are home to an extraordinary array of fauna. These animals depend primarily not on sunlight, but on the chemical energy of the hot fluids issuing from the cracked volcanic rocks along the mid-ocean ridges. Of the 442 species so far discovered, only 9% are known to occur elsewhere. Regional similarities in the distribution of this fauna seem to be controlled by the distance between vents along the mid-ocean ridge system and by the history of the tectonic development of the ridges.
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ISSN:0160-9327
1873-1929
DOI:10.1016/S0160-9327(97)01040-5