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Research article
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02 Jan 2020
Research article |  | 02 Jan 2020

Benthic carbon fixation and cycling in diffuse hydrothermal and background sediments in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

Clare Woulds, James B. Bell, Adrian G. Glover, Steven Bouillon, and Louise S. Brown

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Bell, J. B., Woulds, C., Brown, L. E., Sweeting, C. J., Reid, W. D. K., Little, C. T. S., and Glover, A. G.: Macrofaunal ecology of sedimented hydrothermal vents in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica, Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, 32, 2016b. 
Bell, J. B., Reid, W. D. K., Pearce, D. A., Glover, A. G., Sweeting, C. J., Newton, J., and Woulds, C.: Hydrothermal activity lowers trophic diversity in Antarctic hydrothermal sediments, Biogeosciences, 14, 5705–5725, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5705-2017, 2017a. 
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Sedimented hydrothermal vents occur where heated, mineral-rich (hydrothermal) water seeps through seafloor sediments. They host chemosynthetic microbes, which use chemical energy to fix dissolved carbon dioxide into sugars (chemosynthesis). We conducted carbon tracing experiments, and observed chemosynthesis at both vent and non-vent sites. Thus, chemosynthesis occurred over a much larger area than expected, suggesting it is more widespread than previously thought.
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