Changes in Nematode Communities in Different Physiographic Sites of the Condor Seamount (North-East Atlantic Ocean) and Adjacent Sediments

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Zeppilli, Daniela, Bongiorni, Lucia, Serrão Santos, Ricardo, Vanreusel, Ann
• Other Authors: Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR) (LEMAR), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre of IMAR, University of the Azores, Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Istituto di Scienze Marine Venezia (ISMAR-CNR), Istituto di Science Marine (ISMAR ), National Research Council of Italy, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries Horta, Universiteit Gent = Ghent University (UGENT), ANR-10-LABX-0019,LabexMER,LabexMER Marine Excellence Research: a changing ocean(2010)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: SPECIES RICHNESS; ORGANIC-MATTER; DIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY STATUS; MICROHABITAT TYPE; SPATIAL VARIATION; BENTHIC BIODIVERSITY; DEEP-SEA BIODIVERSITY; ASSEMBLAGES; MEIOFAUNA; ACL; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-01102901; https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-01102901/document; https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-01102901/file/journal.pone.Zeppilli.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115601

International audience Several seamounts are known as 'oases' of high abundances and biomass and hotspots of biodiversity in contrast to the surrounding deep-sea environments. Recent studies have indicated that each single seamount can exhibit a high intricate habitat turnover. Information on alpha and beta diversity of single seamount is needed in order to fully understand seamounts contribution to regional and global biodiversity. However, while most of the seamount research has been focused on summits, studies considering the whole seamount structure are still rather poor. In the present study we analysed abundance, biomass and diversity of nematodes collected in distinct physiographic sites and surrounding sediments of the Condor Seamount (Azores, North-East Atlantic Ocean). Our study revealed higher nematode biomass in the seamount bases and values 10 times higher in the Condor sediments than in the far-field site. Although biodiversity indices did not showed significant differences comparing seamount sites and far-field sites, significant differences were observed in term of nematode composition. The Condor summit harboured a completely different nematode community when compared to the other seamount sites, with a high number of exclusive species and important differences in term of nematode trophic diversity. The oceanographic conditions observed around the Condor Seamount and the associated sediment mixing, together with the high quality of food resources available in seamount base