@article{Nemys:SourceID:179334, abstract = {A new type of animal community has been found near hot vents in the subpolar Atlantic at 100 to 106 m depth off Kolbeinsey on the Jan-Mayen ridge. Incubation of high temperature fluids yielded cultures of undescribed hyperthermophilic eu- and archaebacteria, growing in a temperature range between 70 ~ and 110 ~ depending on the isolates. Bacteria are closely related to species occurring within deep sea hydrothermal areas. In contrast to deep-sea vent sites of the Mid-Atlantic and other oceans, the Kolbeinsey macroand meiofauna consists of species reported from non-vent areas in the boreal Atlantic and adjacent polar seas. The most abundant forms are a solitary hydroid polyp and two sponges. Kolbeinsey is an isolated and young area of hydrothermal activity at relatively low depth and in highly productive waters; these findings could indicate a model for an early evolutionary step towards the formation of a genuine specialized vent community.}, author = {Fricke, H. and Giere, O. and Stetter, K. and Alfredsson, G. A. and Kristjansson, J. K. and Stoffers, P. and Svavarsson, J.}, doi = {10.1007/BF00428495}, journal = {Marine Biology}, note = {NeMys doc_id: 18001}, pages = {425-429}, title = {Hydrothermal vent communities at the shallow subpolar mid-Atlantic ridge}, url = {https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=179334}, volume = {102}, year = {1989} }