What are vent clams?

Oct 19, 2023 ... Hydrothermal vents are like geysers, or hot springs, on the ocean floor. Along mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates spread apart, magma rises ... Jun 11, 2018 ... Hydrothermal vents form in volcanic areas where subseafloor chambers of rising magma create undersea mountain ranges known as mid-ocean ridges. Jul 5, 2017 ... We investigated the phylogenetic composition of bacteria associated with the gills and oesophageal gland of the ESR peltospirid gastropod, Gigantopelta ... Jun 5, 2019 ... Stanford study shows how deep-ocean vents fuel massive phytoplankton blooms – and possible hotspots for carbon storage. A new study suggests ... These mineral riches are prompting discussions on whether hydrothermal vent zones might be mined on a commercial basis. Hydrothermal vents can be active, ... Dec 12, 2000 ... A new hydrothermal vent field, which scientists have dubbed “The Lost City,” was discovered Dec. 4 on an undersea mountain in the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists isolated species of Pyrolobus (“fire lobe”) and Pyrodictium (“fire network”) Archaea also from chimney walls. These heat-loving microbes (which grow ... Jun 30, 2020 ... Deep-sea hydrothermal vents are highly productive biodiversity hotspots in the deep ocean ... sea hydrothermal vent sulfide chimneys. Collectively ... Faunal assemblages at hydrothermal vents associated with island-arc volcanism are less well known than those at vents on mid-ocean ridges and back-arc ... Apr 18, 2018 ... The Indian Ocean has been hypothesized as a 'dispersal corridor' connecting hydrothermal vent fauna of Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Stalked ...