Interrelationships between vent fluid chemistry, temperature, seismic activity, and biological community structure at a mussel-dominated, deep-sea hydrothermal vent along the East Pacific Rise. From: Journal of Shellfish Research | Date: March 1, 2008| Author: Lutz, Richard A.; Shank, Timothy M.; Luther, George W., III; Vetriani, Costantino; Tolstoy, Maya; Nuzzio, Donald B.; Moore, Tommy S.; Waldhauser, Felix; Crespo-Medina, Melitza; Chatziefthimiou, Aspassia D.; Annis, Eric R.; Reed, Andrew J. | COPYRIGHT 2008 National Shellfisheries Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

ABSTRACT In April 1991, submarine volcanic eruptions initiated the formation of numerous hydrothermal vents between 9[degrees]45' and 9[degrees]52'N along the crest of the East Pacific Rise (EPR). Dramatic changes in biological community structure and vent fluid chemistry have been documented throughout this region since the eruptive event. By April 2004, mussels (Bathymodiolus thermophilus) dominated the faunal assemblages at several of the vent sites formed during of after the 19...