In hot and cold water: differential life-history traits are key to success in contrasting thermal deep-sea environments

• Published in: Journal of Animal Ecology
• Main Authors: Marsh, Leigh, Copley, Jonathan T., Tyler, Paul A., Thatje, Sven, Webb, Tom
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; East Scotia Ridge
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516414/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516414/1/jane12337.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12337

1.Few species of reptant decapod crustaceans thrive in the cold-stenothermal waters of the Southern Ocean. However, abundant populations of a new species of anomuran crab, Kiwa tyleri, occur at hydrothermal vent fields on the East Scotia Ridge. 2.As a result of local thermal conditions at the vents,...