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Gollner, S ; Miljutina, M & Bright, M. (2013). Nematode succession at deep-sea hydrothermal vents after a recent volcanic eruption with the description of two dominant species. ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION. Volume: 13 Issue: 3 Pages: 349-371.
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Gollner, S ; Miljutina, M & Bright, M
2013
Nematode succession at deep-sea hydrothermal vents after a recent volcanic eruption with the description of two dominant species
ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION
Volume: 13 Issue: 3 Pages: 349-371
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Nematodes are very common in the deep sea and are an important component of deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities. In early 2006, the eruption of the underwater volcano at 9A degrees 50'N East Pacific Rise wiped out almost the entire faunal communities of the area. This provided us with the opportunity to study nematode primary succession at vents as well as on adjacent seafloor basalt. Nematode abundance and richness were extremely low at all studied sites in late 2006 and 2007, and increased only slightly in 2009. Interestingly, the most abundant species during early succession were also prominent in this area prior to the eruption. Our results show that nematodes are extremely influenced by volcanic eruptions and need a long period of time to colonize the lava-flooded area in greater numbers and richness. We hypothesize that low food availability on the young bare basalt and harsh environmental conditions at early succession vent sites might hinder a more successful nematode establishment. In addition to the newly established active vent sites we also studied an inactive vent site that was not directly hit by the eruption but whose vent fluid had ceased after the eruption. At this inactive and older vent, diversity was also relatively low but was higher than at the younger, newly established sites. In addition to the ecological analyses, we here describe the two most abundant species found at inactive vents, namely Neochromadora aff. poecilosoma De Mann 1893 and Linhomoeus caudipapillosus sp. n.
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