Colonization Of Organic Substrates Deployed In Deep-Sea Reducing Habitats By Symbiotic Species And Associated Fauna

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: symbiosis; settlement; colonization; larvae of invertebrates; Xylophaga spp; Idas sp; Thyasira sp; Sclerolinum contortum; Norwegian Sea; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Bris
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/56402; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.02.002

Abstract In this study, our goal was to test whether typical vent/seep organisms harbouring symbionts or not, would be able to settle on organic substrates deployed in the vicinity of chemosynthetic ecosystems. Since 2006, a series of novel standardized colonization devices (CHEMECOLI: CHEMosyntheti...