Biodiversity and trophic ecology of hydrothermal vent fauna associated with tubeworm assemblages on the Juan de Fuca Ridge

Lelièvre, Yann; Sarrazin, Jozée; Marticorena, Julien; Schaal, Gauthier; Day, Thomas; Legendre, Pierre; Hourdez, Stéphane; Matabos, Marjolaine

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2629-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2629-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2629-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

Research article

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04 May 2018

Research article |

| 04 May 2018

Biodiversity and trophic ecology of hydrothermal vent fauna associated with tubeworm assemblages on the Juan de Fuca Ridge

Yann Lelièvre, Jozée Sarrazin, Julien Marticorena, Gauthier Schaal, Thomas Day, Pierre Legendre, Stéphane Hourdez, and Marjolaine Matabos

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Grotto hydrothermal edifice: abundance and isotopic data from Ocean Networks Canada's Expedition 2015 and 2016 Y. Lelievre, J. Sarrazin, J. Marticorena, G. Schaal, T. Day, P. Legendre, S. Hourdez, and M. Matabos https://doi.org/10.17882/55008

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The Main Endeavour vent field, a Marine Protected Area, is a target site for the cabled observatory Ocean Networks Canada, providing unprecedented opportunities to better understand vent ecosystem functioning. We report the diversity and food webs of six faunal communities associated with siboglinid tubeworms of the Grotto edifice. Better knowledge of the ecological functioning of these communities will help in assessing the role of the MPA as a management tool for hydrothermal vents ecosystems.