Evolution and Biogeography of Deep-Sea Vent and Seep Invertebrates

Deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps are submarine springs where nutrient-rich fluids emanate from the sea floor. Vent and seep ecosystems occur in a variety of geological settings throughout the global ocean and support food webs based on chemoautotrophic primary production. Most vent and see...

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 295; no. 5558; pp. 1253 - 1257
Main Authors Van Dover, C. L., German, C. R., Speer, K. G., Parson, L. M., Vrijenhoek, R. C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Society for the Advancement of Science 15.02.2002
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Subjects
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Biogeography
Biological and medical sciences
Biological Evolution
Biological taxonomies
cold seeps
Community Relations
Computer Peripherals
Ecosystem
Environment
Evolution
Food Chain
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gene flow
Genetics, Population
Geography
Geologic Sediments
Geology
Hydrothermal vent ecology
Hydrothermal vent ecosystems
Hydrothermal vents
Invertebrata
Invertebrates
Invertebrates - classification
Invertebrates - genetics
Invertebrates - physiology
Larvae
Marine
Marine Biology
Marine invertebrates
Ocean bottom
Ocean currents
Oceans
Oceans and Seas
Oxidation-Reduction
Phylogeny
Plate tectonics
Review
Sea water ecosystems
Seawater
Synecology
Taxa
Temperature
Water
United States
World Oceans
Marine environment
Hydrothermal vent
Geographic distribution
Animal community
Evolution
Invertebrata
World ocean
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Summary:Deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps are submarine springs where nutrient-rich fluids emanate from the sea floor. Vent and seep ecosystems occur in a variety of geological settings throughout the global ocean and support food webs based on chemoautotrophic primary production. Most vent and seep invertebrates arrive at suitable habitats as larvae dispersed by deep-ocean currents. The recent evolution of many vent and seep invertebrate species (<100 million years ago) suggests that Cenozoic tectonic history and oceanic circulation patterns have been important in defining contemporary biogeographic patterns.
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ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1067361