Journal
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
Volume 437, Issue -, Pages 175-181Publisher
INTER-RESEARCH
DOI: 10.3354/meps09305
Keywords
Catshark; Skate; Authigenic carbonate; Tubeworm; Methane; Deep sea; Chemosynthesis
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG [Ki802/6-1, (SFB) 574, 214]
- Collaborative Research Center
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At 2 modern deep-water cold-seep sites, the North Alex Mud Volcano (eastern Mediterranean Sea, water depth similar to 500 m) and the Concepcion Methane Seep Area (south-east Pacific Ocean, water depth similar to 700 m), we found abundant catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) and skate (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) egg capsules, respectively, associated with carbonates and tubeworms. Fossilized catshark egg capsules were found at the 35 million year old Bear River Cold-Seep Deposit (Washington State, USA) closely associated with remains of tubeworms and sponges. We suggest that cold-seep ecosystems have served as nurseries for predatory elasmobranch fishes since at least late Eocene time and therewith possibly play an important role for the functioning of deep-water ecosystems.
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