Role of Chemosynthetic Thermophilic Communities on the Biogeochemical Cycles of Minerals in the Orca Seamount Area, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Maximiliano J. Amenabar (5591111), Litsy Martinez (11330578), Maylee Yuan (11330581), Ximena Contardo (11330584), Luis M. Cerpa (11330587), Cristian Rodrigo (11330590), Jenny M. Blamey (7517012)
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Ecology; Sociology; Inorganic Chemistry; Science Policy; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biogeochemical cycles; Bransfield Strait; deep-sea biosphere; mineral metabolism; Antarctic; Orca Seamount; Antarc*; Antarctica; Orca
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16438693.v1

The Orca Seamount is a submarine volcanic structure, located in a tectonic area of the Bransfield Strait, characterized by cortical extension and roll back-type subduction. Recent investigations have described the presence of hydrothermal activity and thermophilic microorganisms in this submarine vo...