Spatial differences in East scotia ridge hydrothermal vent food webs: influences of chemistry, microbiology and predation on trophodynamics.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: William D K Reid, Christopher J Sweeting, Ben D Wigham, Katrin Zwirglmaier, Jeffrey A Hawkes, Rona A R McGill, Katrin Linse, Nicholas V C Polunin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Calvin; East Scotia Ridge; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065553; https://doaj.org/article/707683aef76c4eaa8a8768badadc478e

The hydrothermal vents on the East Scotia Ridge are the first to be explored in the Antarctic and are dominated by large peltospiroid gastropods, stalked barnacles (Vulcanolepas sp.) and anomuran crabs (Kiwa sp.) but their food webs are unknown. Vent fluid and macroconsumer samples were collected at...