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The macro- and micro-scale patchiness of meiobenthos associated with the Darwin Mounds (north-east Atlantic)
Van Gaever, S.; Vanreusel, A.; Hughes, J.A.; Bett, B.J.; Kiriakoulakis, K. (2004). The macro- and micro-scale patchiness of meiobenthos associated with the Darwin Mounds (north-east Atlantic). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84(3): 547-556. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315404009555h
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769
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  • Van Gaever, S., more
  • Vanreusel, A., more
  • Hughes, J.A.
  • Bett, B.J., more
  • Kiriakoulakis, K.

Abstract
    Meiobenthic community structure was investigated at different spatial scales (from 100 metres to centimetres) on and adjacent to a group of coral-topped sandy mounds in the bathyal north-east Atlantic (Darwin Mounds, Rockall Trough) and related to the environmental conditions in the area, mainly differences in sediment organic carbon content and presence of biogenic structures. Meiobenthos abundances were similar to those observed in other deep-sea sites, with nematodes representing at least 94% of the total community. The dominant nematode genera were Microlaimus, followed by Sabatieria, Richtersia, Rhynchonema and Trefusia, together with typical deep-sea genera (e.g. Halalaimus and Acantholaimus). Multivariate analysis of nematode generic relative abundances at the different stations indicated that there was no significant influence on distribution resulting from large scale topographic and biogeochemical conditions around the mounds. The same genera were associated with dead tests of the xenophyophore Syringammina fragilissima and in the surrounding sediments. The vertical distribution of nematodes on and adjacent to the mound showed some unusual features, as the deeper layers of the sediments were inhabited by stilbonematids. These genera harbour ectosymbiotic, chemoautotrophic bacteria and have not previously been recorded from the deep sea. The occurrence of stilbonematids in notable numbers in the subsurface layers of the sediments in the vicinity of the Darwin Mounds provides evidence for the occurrence of anoxic microenvironments.

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  • Van Gaever, S. (2000). Meiobenthos of the Darwin mounds (North-East Atlantic). Ghent University, Department of Biology, Marine Biology Section (MARBIOL), Belgium., more

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