Use of portable X-ray fluorescence in the analysis of surficial sediments in the exploration of hydrothermal vents on the Southwest Indian Ridge

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 66-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shili Liao ◽  
Chunhui Tao ◽  
Huaiming Li ◽  
Guoyin Zhang ◽  
Jin Liang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrothermal Vents ◽  
Southwest Indian Ridge ◽  
Surficial Sediments ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Indian Ridge

scholarly journals Trophodynamics at the Longqi hydrothermal vent field and comparison with the East Scotia and Central Indian Ridges

2020 ◽  
Vol 167 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. D. K. Reid ◽  
B. D. Wigham ◽  
L. Marsh ◽  
J. N. J. Weston ◽  
Y. Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Hydrothermal Vent ◽  
Hydrothermal Vents ◽  
Trophic Ecology ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Southwest Indian Ridge ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Model Based Clustering ◽  
Indian Ridge

Abstract The Longqi vent field, situated on the Southwest Indian Ridge, is ecologically distinct among known hydrothermal vents fields. It hosts a combination of previously unknown species and those shared at species or genus level with other hydrothermal vents on the Central Indian Ridge (CIR) and East Scotia Ridge (ESR). We investigate the size-based and trophodynamics of consumers at Longqi vent field and compared these with ESR and CIR vent fields using stable isotope analysis. Intra-specific variability in δ13C and δ15N values in relationship to shell length was observed in Gigantopelta aegis but absent in Chrysomallon squamiferum. A model-based clustering approach identified four trophic groupings at Longqi: species with the lowest δ13C values being supported by carbon fixed via the Calvin–Benson–Bassham cycle, the highest δ13C values being supported by the reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle and intermediate values potentially supported by a mix of these primary production sources. These clusters were driven by potential differences in resource partitioning. There were also differences in the spread of stable isotope values at the vent field level when comparing Bayesian stable isotope ellipse areas among Longqi, CIR and ESR vent fields. This was driven by a combination of the range in δ13C value of macrofauna, and the negative δ15N values which were only observed at Longqi and CIR vent fields. Many of the shared species or genera showed inter-vent field differences in stable isotope values which may be related to site-specific differences in food sources, geochemistry or potential intra-field competition. This study provides important information on the trophic ecology of hydrothermal vent macrofauna found within an area of seabed that is licensed for seabed mining exploration.

scholarly journals Out of the Pacific: A New Alvinellid Worm (Annelida: Terebellida) From the Northern Indian Ocean Hydrothermal Vents

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuru Han ◽  
Dongsheng Zhang ◽  
Chunsheng Wang ◽  
Yadong Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Hydrothermal Vents ◽  
Southwest Indian Ridge ◽  
Rrna Genes ◽  
Northwest Pacific ◽  
Northern Indian Ocean ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Indian Ridge

Alvinellids have long been considered to be endemic to Pacific vents until recent discovery of their presence in the Indian Ocean. Here, a new alvinellid is characterized and formally named from recently discovered vents, Wocan, and Daxi, in the northern Indian Ocean. Both morphological and molecular evidences support its placement in the genus Paralvinella, representing the first characterized alvinellid species out of the Pacific. The new species, formally described as Paralvinella mira n. sp. herein, is morphologically most similar to Paralvinella hessleri from the northwest Pacific, but the two species differ in three aspects: (1), the first three chaetigers are not fused in P. mira n. sp., whereas fused in P. hessleri; (2), paired buccal tentacles short and pointed in P. mira but large and strongly pointed in P. hessleri; (3), numerous slender oral tentacles ungrouped in P. mira but two groups in P. hessleri. Phylogenetic inference using the concatenated alignments of the cytochrome c oxidase I (COI), 16S rRNA and 18S rRNA genes strongly supports the clustering of P. mira with two West Pacific congeners, P. hessleri and an undescribed species (Paralvinella sp. ZMBN). The resulting Indian/West Pacific lineage suggests a possible invasion into the Indian Ocean from the West Pacific. This is the third polychaete reported from Wocan hydrothermal field. Among the three species, two including P. mira and Hesiolyra heteropoda (Annelida:Hesionidae) are present in high abundance, forming an alvinellids/hesionids-dominated polychaete assemblage distinct from that at all other Central Indian Ridge and Southwest Indian Ridge vents. Thus, this study expands our understanding of alvinellid biogeography beyond the Pacific, and adds to the unique biodiversity of the northern Indian Ocean vents, with implications for biogeographic subdivision across the Indian Ocean ridges.

scholarly journals Ecology and biogeography of megafauna and macrofauna at the first known deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. Copley ◽  
L. Marsh ◽  
A. G. Glover ◽  
V. Hühnerbach ◽  
V. E. Nye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Sea ◽  
Hydrothermal Vents ◽  
Southwest Indian Ridge ◽  
Indian Ridge

scholarly journals A new species of Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Eunicida, Dorvilleidae) from hydrothermal vents on the Southwest Indian Ridge

ZooKeys ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 687 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-sheng Zhang ◽  
Ya-dong Zhou ◽  
Chun-sheng Wang ◽  
Greg Rouse
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Hydrothermal Vents ◽  
Southwest Indian Ridge ◽  
Indian Ridge ◽  
A New Species

First active hydrothermal vents on an ultraslow-spreading center: Southwest Indian Ridge

Geology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunhui Tao ◽  
Jian Lin ◽  
Shiqin Guo ◽  
Yongshun John Chen ◽  
Guanghai Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrothermal Vents ◽  
Southwest Indian Ridge ◽  
Spreading Center ◽  
Indian Ridge

scholarly journals Nearest vent, dearest friend: biodiversity of Tiancheng vent field reveals cross-ridge similarities in the Indian Ocean

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 200110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Sun ◽  
Yadong Zhou ◽  
Chong Chen ◽  
Yick Hang Kwan ◽  
Yanan Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Hydrothermal Vents ◽  
Southwest Indian Ridge ◽  
Central Indian Ridge ◽  
Diffuse Flow ◽  
Dispersal Barrier ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Biological Sampling ◽  
Indian Ridge ◽  
Key Barrier

Biodiversity of hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean, particularly those on the Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR), are still relatively poorly understood. The Tiancheng field on the SWIR was initially reported with only a low-temperature diffuse flow venting area, but here we report two new active areas, including a chimney emitting high-temperature vent fluids. Biological sampling in these new sites doubled the known megafauna and macrofauna richness reported from Tiancheng. Significantly, we found several iconic species, such as the scaly-foot snail and the first Alviniconcha population on the SWIR. Tiancheng shares a high proportion of taxa with vents on the Central Indian Ridge (CIR) and lacks a number of key taxa that characterize other vents investigated so far on the SWIR. Population genetics of the scaly-foot snail confirmed this, as the Tiancheng population was clustered with populations from the CIR, showing low connectivity with the Longqi field. Unlike the previously examined populations, scales of the Tiancheng scaly-foot snail were coated in zinc sulfide, although this results only from precipitation. The close connection between Tiancheng and CIR vents indicates that the dispersal barrier for vent endemic species is not the Rodriguez Triple Junction as previously suggested but the transformation faults between Tiancheng and Longqi, warranting further studies on deep currents in this area to resolve the key barrier, which has important implications for biological conservation.

scholarly journals A new peltospirid snail (Gastropoda: Neomphalida) adds to the unique biodiversity of Longqi vent field, Southwest Indian Ridge

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (13-14) ◽  
pp. 851-866
Author(s):  
Chong Chen ◽  
Yuru Han ◽  
Jonathan T. Copley ◽  
Yadong Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Southwest Indian Ridge ◽  
Indian Ridge
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