TY  - JOUR
AB  - 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.
A1  - Fricke, H.
A1  - Giere, O.
A1  - Stetter, K.
A1  - Alfredsson, G. A.
A1  - Kristjansson, J. K.
A1  - Stoffers, P.
A1  - Svavarsson, J.
DO  - 10.1007/BF00428495
JO  - Marine Biology
N1  - NeMys doc_id: 18001
SP  - 425
EP  - 429
C1  - 102: 425-429
TI  - Hydrothermal vent communities at the shallow subpolar mid-Atlantic ridge
UR  - https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=179334
VL  - 102
PY  - 1989
Y2  - 2026-08-10
ER  -