The vent and seep biota : aspects from microbes to ecosystems /edited by Steffen Kiel
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The vent and seep biota : aspects from microbes to ecosystems /edited by Steffen Kiel
（Topics in geobiology, v. 33）
Springer, c2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index
e-book: ISBN:9789048195725
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Oases of life around black smokers and hydrocarbon seeps in the deep-sea were among the most surprising scientific discoveries of the past three decades. These ecosystems are dominated by animals having symbiotic relationships with chemoautotrophic bacteria. Their study developed into an international, interdisciplinary venture where scientists develop new technologies to work in some of the most extreme places on Earth. This book highlights discoveries, developments, and advances made during the past 10 years, including remarkable cases of host-symbiont coevolution, worms living on frozen methane, and a fossil record providing insights into the dynamic history of these ecosystems since the Paleozoic.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Chemosythetically-driven ecosystems in the deep sea
Steffen Kiel and Paul A. Tyler
2. Genetics and evolution of deep-sea chemosynthetic bacteria and their invertebrate hosts
Robert C. Vrijenhoek
3. Microbial habitats associated with deep-sea hydrothermal vent invertebrates: insights from microanalysis and geochemical modeling
Nadine Le Bris and Francoise Gaill
4. Microbial chemofossils in specific marine hydrothermal and methane cold seep settings
Martin Blumenberg
5. Chemosymbiotic bivalves
John D Taylor and Emily A Glover
6. The diversity of deep-sea mussels and their bacterial symbioses
Sebastien Duperron
7. Gastropods from Recent hot vents and cold seeps: systematics, diversity and life strategies
Takenori Sasaki, Anders Waren,Yasunori Kano,Takashi Okutani and Katsunori Fujikura
8. The fossil record of vent and seep mollusks
Steffen Kiel
9. Brachiopods from ancient hydrocarbon seeps and hydrothermal vents
Michael R Sandy
10. Unusual habitats and organisms associated with the cold seeps of the Gulf of Mexico
Erik E Cordes, Stephane Hourdez and Harry H Roberts
11. Biological communities at marine shallow-water vent and seep sites
Paul R Dando
12. Japan: Vents and Seeps in Clo
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