Long-term monitoring reveals unprecedented stability of a vent mussel assemblage on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Loïc Van Audenhaege,Marjolaine Matabos,Anik Brind'Amour, Jonathan Drugmand,Agathe Laës-Huon,Pierre-Marie Sarradin,Jozée Sarrazin

Progress in Oceanography（2022）

Cited 8|Views14

No score

Abstract

•This paper presents the longest daily time-series of plurisdisciplinary data within a vent assemblage.•The diffuse-flow habitat was highly stable over 7 years with small-scale variability mainly related to tidal periodicity and localised temperature anomalies.•The Bathymodiolus azoricus mussel assemblage and zoanthid patches were remarkably stable.•Microbial mats displayed heterogeneous spatio-temporal dynamics.•Our results question the assumption that vent assemblages are ephemeral and highly dynamics.

Translated text

Key words

Hydrothermal ecology,Deep-sea observatory,Underwater imagery,Bathymodiolus azoricus,Species behaviour,Habitat dynamics,Multidisciplinary research,Assemblage dynamics,Microbial mat,Biotic interaction,Long-term monitoring

AI Read Science

Must-Reading Tree

Example

Generate MRT to find the research sequence of this paper

Chat Paper

Summary is being generated by the instructions you defined