The Discovery of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities in the Southern Ocean and Implications for Biogeography

A survey of Antarctic waters along the East Scotia Ridge in the Southern Ocean reveals a new vent biogeographic province among previously uncharacterized deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	PLoS Biology
Main Authors:	Rogers, Alex D., Tyler, Paul A., Connelly, Douglas P., Copley, Jon T., James, Rachael, Larter, Robert D., Linse, Katrin, Mills, Rachel A., Garabato, Alfredo Naveira, Pancost, Richard D., Pearce, David A., Polunin, Nicholas V. C., German, Christopher R., Shank, Timothy, Boersch-Supan, Philipp H., Alker, Belinda J., Aquilina, Alfred, Bennett, Sarah A., Clarke, Andrew, Dinley, Robert J. J., Graham, Alastair G. C., Green, Darryl R. H., Hawkes, Jeffrey A., Hepburn, Laura, Hilario, Ana, Huvenne, Veerle A. I., Marsh, Leigh, Ramirez-Llodra, Eva, Reid, William D. K., Roterman, Christopher N., Sweeting, Christopher J., Thatje, Sven, Zwirglmaier, Katrin
Format:	Text
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science 2012
Subjects:	Research Article Antarctic East Scotia Ridge Southern Ocean Antarc*
Online Access:	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3250512 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22235194 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001234

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Summary:	A survey of Antarctic waters along the East Scotia Ridge in the Southern Ocean reveals a new vent biogeographic province among previously uncharacterized deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities.