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Cold seep

A cold seep (sometimes called a cold vent) is an area of the ocean floor where seepage of fluids rich in hydrogen sulfide, methane, and other hydrocarbons occurs, often in the form of a brine pool. Cold does not mean that the temperature of the seepage is lower than that of the surrounding sea water; on the contrary, its temperature is often slightly…

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related to Further reading · 81
Cold seep → Actiniaria, Actinoscyphiidae, Actinostolidae, Activity, Albert, Annelida, Baker, Beggiatoa, Beyond, Bibcode, Biddle, Biogeography, Boreal, Bright, Census, Chanton, Chemosynthetic Environments, Chemosynthetic Sea Anemones, ChEss Scientific Steering Committee, Cordes
related to In the Mediterranean · 49
Cold seep → African Plate, Amsterdam, Anaximander, Atlantic Ocean, Bathymodiolus, Calyptogena, Chaceon, Cold, Crete, During, Egypt, Further, Gas, Gaza Strip, In, It, Kazan, Kula, Lamellibrachia, Lucinidae
related to Distribution · 29
Cold seep → Antarctica, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic, Australia, California, Caspian Sea, Charles Paull, Cold, East Pacific, Florida Escarpment, Gulf, In, In Chile, Indian Ocean, Japan Trench, Kattegat, Mediterranean, Mexico, Most, North Sea
related to In the East Pacific · 23
Cold seep → Acharax, Beggiatoa, British Columbia, Calyptogena, Canada, Chilean, Cold, COMARGE, Furthermore, Fusitriton, Gallardo, Hecate Strait, In, Lamellibrachia, Lucinidae, Metridium, Seep, Solemya, Solemyidae, Thioploca
related to Fossilized records · 19
Cold seep → California, Cenozoic, Cold, Colorado, Cretaceous, Hokkaido, Honshu, Jurassic Agoudim Formation, Late Mesozoic, Morocco, Neogene, Northern Italy, Notable, Palaeogene, Permian, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, These, Tibet
related to The Benthic Filter · 12
Cold seep → AOM, Areas, Chemosynthetic, Efficiency, If, Methane, Oxygen, Since, Studies, The, These, Understanding
related to Comparison with other communities · 10
Cold seep → Both, Cold, Community-level, Compared, H2S, However, Likely, These, This, Unlike
related to In the Antarctic · 8
Cold seep → ANDEEP, Antarctic, Antarctic Benthic Deep-Sea Biodiversity, Other, Project, Southern Ocean, The, There
has impact · 7
Cold seep → Another, In, Major, Mediterranean, Seafloor, Studies, Weapons
related to End of cold seep community · 7
Cold seep → Chemosynthesis, Finally, Lophelia, Studies, The, This, While

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cold seeps communities chemosynthetic methane seep gulf also mexico species found seafloor seepage sea bacteria gas first hydrocarbon tubeworms fauna

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tube wormsinstance ofThe symbiotic bacteria have been found in organisms0.80text
clams living at cold seepsinstance ofThe symbiotic bacteria have been found in organisms0.80text
the presence of reduced chemical compoundsinstance ofBoth systems share common characteristics0.80text
coralsinstance ofincluding a variety of sessile cnidarians0.80text
sea anemonesinstance ofincluding a variety of sessile cnidarians0.80text
barite are present.The widespread nature of Gulf of Mexico chemosynthetic communities was first documented during contracted investigations by the Geologicalinstance ofgenerally authigenic carbonates but sometimes more exotic minerals0.80text
Environmental Research Groupinstance ofgenerally authigenic carbonates but sometimes more exotic minerals0.80text
the Bush Hill siteinstance ofRecorded bottom-water temperature excursions of several degrees in some areas0.80text
Bush Hillinstance ofWithin complex communities0.80text
petroleum seems less important than previously thoughtinstance ofWithin complex communities0.80text
tubeworms occursinstance ofbut conflicting evidence remains as to what degree outright predation on some specific community components0.80text
galatheid crabsinstance ofseep-associated consumers0.80text

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