Chemosynthesis is a metabolic process that transfers carbon to the biosphere using
reduced compounds. It is well recognised that chemosynthesis occurs in much of the ocean …

As climate change increases the rate of environmental change and the frequency and
intensity of disturbance events, selective forces intensify. However, given the complicated …

Chemical dynamics in biological samples are seldom stand-alone processes but represent
the outcome of complicated cascades of interlinked reaction chains. In order to understand …

Reef building corals are efficient biological collectors of solar radiation and consist of a thin
stratified tissue layer spread over a light scattering calcium carbonate skeleton surface that …

Deep sea benthic habitats are low productivity ecosystems that host an abundance of
organisms within the Cnidaria phylum. The technical limitations and the high cost of deep …

Microbialites—carbonate structures formed under the influence of microbial action—are the
earliest macroscopic evidence of life. For three billion years, the microbial mat communities …

Global decline of coral reefs due to climate change calls for effective, nature-based
strategies to protect these crucial ecosystems. Developing such strategies requires a …