Application of scientific criteria for identifying hydrothermal ecosystems in need of protection

Red Listing can protect deep-sea biodiversity

(2019) Julia D. Sigwart et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Both rare and common species make unique contributions to functional diversity in an ecosystem unaffected by human activities

(2018) Abbie S. A. Chapman et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Primary productivity below the seafloor at deep-sea hot springs

(2018) Jesse McNichol et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A strategy for the conservation of biodiversity on mid-ocean ridges from deep-sea mining

(2018) Daniel C. Dunn et al.   Science Advances

On the early fate of hydrothermal iron at deep-sea vents: A reassessment after in situ filtration

(2017) M. Waeles et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Population connectivity of hydrothermal-vent limpets along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha: Phenacolepadidae)

(2017) Takuya Yahagi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities

(2017) Sabine Gollner et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Biodiversity loss from deep-sea mining

(2017) C. L. Van Dover et al.   Nature Geoscience

Sulfide geochronology along the Northern Equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge

(2017) Georgy Cherkashov et al.   ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS

Hydrothermal exploration of mid-ocean ridges: Where might the largest sulfide deposits be forming?

(2016) Christopher R. German et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Biophysical and Population Genetic Models Predict the Presence of “Phantom” Stepping Stones Connecting Mid-Atlantic Ridge Vent Ecosystems

(2016) Corinna Breusing et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Quantifying dispersal from hydrothermal vent fields in the western Pacific Ocean

(2016) Satoshi Mitarai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Where are the undiscovered hydrothermal vents on oceanic spreading ridges?

(2015) Stace E. Beaulieu et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

The Lost City hydrothermal system: Constraints imposed by vent fluid chemistry and reaction path models on subseafloor heat and mass transfer processes

(2015) W.E. Seyfried et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Nematode succession at deep-sea hydrothermal vents after a recent volcanic eruption with the description of two dominant species

(2013) Sabine Gollner et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Geological context and vents morphology of the ultramafic-hosted Ashadze hydrothermal areas (Mid-Atlantic Ridge 13°N)

(2012) Hélène Ondréas et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Energy Transfer Through Food Webs at Hydrothermal Vents: Linking the Lithosphere to the Biosphere

(2012) Breea Govenar   OCEANOGRAPHY

Panmixia in a Fragmented and Unstable Environment: The Hydrothermal Shrimp Rimicaris exoculata Disperses Extensively along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

(2012) Sara Teixeira et al.   PLoS One

Archaeal diversity and community development in deep-sea hydrothermal vents

(2011) Ken Takai et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Recent population expansion and connectivity in the hydrothermal shrimp Rimicaris exoculata along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

(2010) Sara Teixeira et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Genetic diversity and connectivity of deep-sea hydrothermal vent metapopulations

(2010) ROBERT C. VRIJENHOEK   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY