Evidence of Vent-Adaptation in Sponges Living at the Periphery of Hydrothermal Vent Environments: Ecological and Evolutionary Implications

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Georgieva, Magdalena N, Taboada, Sergi, Riesgo, Ana, Díez-Vives, Cristina, De Leo, Fabio C, Jeffreys, Rachel M, Copley, Jonathan T, Little, Crispin TS, Ríos, Pilar, Cristobo, Javier, Hestetun, Jon T, Glover, Adrian G
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Porifera; 16S rRNA amplicon; microbiome; nutrition; chemosynthesis; cold seep; European Union (EU); Horizon 2020; Grant Agreement No 679849; Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic: an integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation; SponGES; North Atlantic; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01636

ABSTRACT The peripheral areas of deep-sea hydrothermal vents are often inhabited by an assemblage of animals distinct to those living close to vent chimneys. For many such taxa, it is considered that peak abundances in the vent periphery relate to the availability of hard substrate as well as the in...