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

• Published in: Journal of Animal Ecology
• Main Authors: Marsh, Leigh, Tyler, Paul, Copley, Jonathan, Thatje, Sven
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: East Scotia Ridge; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/374229/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/374229/1/Marsh_et_al_2015_Journal_of_Animal_Ecology.pdf

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,...