Journal
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 151, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104776
Keywords
Active hydrothermal vent; Inactive hydrothermal vent; Southern central indian ridge; GIS mapping; Faunal assemblage; Photograph and video imagery; Megafauna
Funding
- BGR project INDEX
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Active hydrothermal vents are small-scale habitats hosting endemic fauna in a well-defined zonation around fluid effluents. The fauna of inactive hydrothermal vents and its relation to active vents and non-vent area is poorly known. Characterizing inactive areas is prerequisite to establish protected areas, especially in the context of potential seafloor massive sulfide mining, which targets inactive sites. Hierarchical clustering and Distance-based Redundancy Analysis revealed five assemblages, with significantly associated substrate types: I) active hydrothermal vent, II) periphery, III) inactive hydrothermal vent and IV) soft- and V) hard-substrate within the non-vent area. For the first time, a unique inactive faunal assemblage could be identified within the hydrothermally extinct inactive Gauss field and on adjacent hard substrates. The spatial separation from the active Edmond field and periphery and the non-vent area indicates the existence of an inactive assemblage.
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