How have vent ecosystems changed over millions of years?

Apr 18, 2018 ... The Indian Ocean has been hypothesized as a 'dispersal corridor' connecting hydrothermal vent fauna of Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Stalked ... Mar 25, 2020 ... Biodiversity of hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean, particularly those on the Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR), are still relatively poorly ... Jan 3, 2012 ... The discovery of new deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities in the Southern Ocean and implications for biogeography. Within the endemic invertebrate faunas of hydrothermal vents, five biogeographic provinces are recognized. Invertebrates at two Indian Ocean vent fields ... Oct 15, 2024 ... A hydrothermal vent is a hole in the ocean floor spewing chemical-laden water heated by underlying magma. The water can be as hot as 350°C, but ... Our scientific assessment shows that all active vent fields in the Indian Ocean appear to meet all scientific criteria for protection. Hydrothermal vents are isolated areas where the ocean floor has cracks that produce geothermally heated water. Organisms that live near the vents are able to ... COVIS is an innovative sonar system designed specifically for long-term, quantitative monitoring of hydrothermal emissions. At 400 kHz, the system operates in ... Jan 3, 2012 ... We describe the fauna associated with high-temperature hydrothermal vents on the East Scotia Ridge, Southern Ocean, to our knowledge the first to be discovered ... Hot springs on the ocean floor are called hydrothermal vents. The heat source for these springs is the magma (molten rock) beneath submarine volcanoes.