Characteristics of meiofauna in extreme marine ecosystems: a review

D Zeppilli, D Leduc, C Fontanier, D Fontaneto… - Marine Biodiversity, 2018 - Springer
Extreme marine environments cover more than 50% of the Earth's surface and offer many
opportunities for investigating the biological responses and adaptations of organisms to …

Ecology and biogeography of free-living nematodes associated with chemosynthetic environments in the deep sea: a review

A Vanreusel, A De Groote, S Gollner, M Bright - PLoS One, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Here, insight is provided into the present knowledge on free-living nematodes
associated with chemosynthetic environments in the deep sea. It was investigated if the …

Bacteria associated with benthic invertebrates from extreme marine environments: Promising but underexplored sources of biotechnologically relevant molecules

A Lo Giudice, C Rizzo - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microbe–invertebrate associations, commonly occurring in nature, play a fundamental role
in the life of symbionts, even in hostile habitats, assuming a key importance for both …

Diversity of meiofauna from the 9 50′ N East Pacific Rise across a gradient of hydrothermal fluid emissions

S Gollner, B Riemer, P Martínez Arbizu, N Le Bris… - Plos one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background We studied the meiofauna community at deep-sea hydrothermal vents along a
gradient of vent fluid emissions in the axial summit trought (AST) of the East Pacific Rise 9° …

Effects of local acidification on benthic communities at shallow hydrothermal vents of the Aeolian Islands (Southern Tyrrhenian, Mediterranean Sea)

E Fanelli, S Di Giacomo, C Gambi, S Bianchelli… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Ocean acidification is causing major changes in marine ecosystems, with
varying levels of impact depending on the region and habitat investigated. Here, we report …

Microbial communities of the shallow-water hydrothermal vent near Naples, Italy, and chemosynthetic symbionts associated with a free-living marine nematode

L Bellec, MA Cambon-Bonavita, L Durand… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Shallow-water hydrothermal vents are widespread, especially in the Mediterranean Sea,
owing to the active volcanism of the area. Apart free microbial communities' investigations …

Marine hydrothermal vents as templates for global change scenarios

HU Dahms, NV Schizas, RA James, L Wang… - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
Subsurface marine hydrothermal vents (HVs) may provide a particular advantage to better
understand evolutionary conditions of the early earth and future climate predictions for …

Advances in taxonomy, ecology, and biogeography of Dirivultidae (Copepoda) associated with chemosynthetic environments in the deep sea

S Gollner, VN Ivanenko, PM Arbizu, M Bright - PLoS One, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Copepoda is one of the most prominent higher taxa with almost 80 described
species at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The unique copepod family Dirivultidae with …

Community structure of macrobiota and environmental parameters in shallow water hydrothermal vents off Kueishan Island, Taiwan

BKK Chan, TW Wang, PC Chen, CW Lin, TY Chan… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Hydrothermal vents represent a unique habitat in the marine ecosystem characterized with
high water temperature and toxic acidic chemistry. Vents are distributed at depths ranging …

Rapid colonisation by nematodes on organic and inorganic substrata deployed at the deep-sea Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)

D Zeppilli, A Vanreusel, F Pradillon, S Fuchs… - Marine Biodiversity, 2015 - Springer
Despite the fragmented nature of hydrothermal vent (HV) fields, nascent vent sites are
rapidly colonized by a pool of regional species. While succession of large animals at vents is …