The discovery of new deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities in the southern ocean and implications for biogeography.

• Published in: PLoS Biology
• Main Authors: Alex D Rogers, Paul A Tyler, Douglas P Connelly, Jon T Copley, Rachael James, Robert D Larter, Katrin Linse, Rachel A Mills, Alfredo Naveira Garabato, Richard D Pancost, David A Pearce, Nicholas V C Polunin, Christopher R German, Timothy Shank, Philipp H Boersch-Supan, Belinda J Alker, Alfred Aquilina, Sarah A Bennett, Andrew Clarke, Robert J J Dinley, Alastair G C Graham, Darryl R H Green, Jeffrey A Hawkes, Laura Hepburn, Ana Hilario, Veerle A I Huvenne, Leigh Marsh, Eva Ramirez-Llodra, William D K Reid, Christopher N Roterman, Christopher J Sweeting, Sven Thatje, Katrin Zwirglmaier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
• Subjects: Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Pacific; Indian; East Scotia Ridge; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001234; https://doaj.org/article/8d518801d5b145eeb9e0d1c56b6397f1

Since the first discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the Galápagos Rift in 1977, numerous vent sites and endemic faunal assemblages have been found along mid-ocean ridges and back-arc basins at low to mid latitudes. These discoveries have suggested the existence of separate biogeographic p...