… Microbial degradation of organic-rich whale remains appears … and vents in its suitability for
sulphide-oxidizing bacteria and their metazoan hostsl.1,J5. These findings suggest that whale …

… dispersing to hydrothermal vents from whale-fall habitat islands. … To rigorously evaluate the
importance of whale remains as … whale-bone assemblages are related to sulfophilic faunas at …

… These bone fauna included an undescribed species of … at the nearby hydrothermal vents,
suggesting the use of whale-fall … Whale remains on the seabed, termed ‘whale falls’, provide a …

… To determine the contribution of potentially abundant whale-… 3 sulfide-rich whale skeletons
to assemblages from vents, seeps, … -bone consumers, and background hard-substrate fauna …

… dominant fauna … vents to wood accumulations, the whale-island community composition
most closely resembles those known from geographically distant (1,800 km) hydrothermal vent …

… Increased hydrostatic pressure at greater depth is presumed to have prevented the whale
carcass from floating and promoted increased levels of preservation. We present a model that …

… proximity to whale remains (2, 3). To date, the conspicuous absence from … identification of
seep and vent vesicomyids on whale falls, is … Alternatively, whale-fall fauna may represent sink …

… and role of chemo synthesis remain unexplored in deep-sea whale-fall communities in …
ecosystems, such as vents and seeps. Here, we studied 3 different whale skeleton microhabitats …

… between vent fields could alter hydrothermal faunas and, thus, the biodiversity of vent and …
plankton of larvae of vent- or seep-specific organisms, loss of whale skeleton stepping stones …

… that the whale skeleton serves as a deep-sea oasis for benthic animals including vent taxa …
The water temperature was 1.4~ The whale skeleton and the associated fauna was observed …