A relict oasis of living deep-sea mussels Bathymodiolus and microbial-mediated seep carbonates at newly-discovered active cold seeps in the Gulf of Cádiz, NE Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: PalZ
• Main Authors: Somoza, L., Rueda, José Luis, González, F.J., Rincón-Tomás, B., Medialdea, T., Sánchez-Guillamón, Olga, Hoppert, M., Vázquez, Juan Tomás, Madureira, P., Santofimia, E., López-Pamo, E., Palomino, Desirée, Ortiz, J.E., Blanco, L., Fernández-Puga, M.C., Fernández-Salas, Luis Miguel, Reitner, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga; seepages; Medio Marino; carbonates; deep water; east atlantic; research; marine invertebrates; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Sarmiento; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/16259; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/320282; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-021-00594-3

Extensive beds of the deep-sea mussel Bathymodiolus mauritanicus (currently also known as Gigantidas mauritanicus) linked to active cold seeps related to fissure-like activity on Al Gacel mud volcano, Gulf of Cádiz, were filmed and sampled for the first time during the oceanographic expedition SUBVE...