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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3471-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3471-2020
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On giant shoulders: how a seamount affects the microbial community composition of seawater and sponges
Kathrin Busch
Research Unit Marine Symbioses, Research Division Marine Ecology, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Ulrike Hanz
Department of Ocean Systems, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, the Netherlands
Furu Mienis
Department of Ocean Systems, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, the Netherlands
Benjamin Mueller
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, P.O. Box 94248, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Andre Franke
Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (IKMB), Rosalind-Franklin-Straße 12, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Emyr Martyn Roberts
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research, P.O. Box 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway
Hans Tore Rapp
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research, P.O. Box 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway
deceased, 7 March 2020
Research Unit Marine Symbioses, Research Division Marine Ecology, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Habitat types and megabenthos composition from three sponge-dominated high-Arctic seamounts T. Stratmann et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25240-z
- Deep‐sea sponge derived environmental DNA analysis reveals demersal fish biodiversity of a remote Arctic ecosystem O. Brodnicke et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.451
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- Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome K. Busch et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32684-4
- Putative past, present, and future spatial distributions of deep-sea coral and sponge microbiomes revealed by predictive models K. Busch et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae142
- Long‐term Observations Reveal Environmental Conditions and Food Supply Mechanisms at an Arctic Deep‐Sea Sponge Ground U. Hanz et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016776
- Seasonal Variability in Near-bed Environmental Conditions in the Vazella pourtalesii Glass Sponge Grounds of the Scotian Shelf U. Hanz et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.597682
- Bacteria, Protists, and Fungi May Hold Clues of Seamount Impact on Diversity and Connectivity of Deep-Sea Pelagic Communities R. Zhao et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.773487
- Beyond the tip of the seamount: Distinct megabenthic communities found beyond the charismatic summit sponge ground on an arctic seamount (Schulz Bank, Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge) H. Meyer et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103920
- A Study of Sponge Symbionts from Different Light Habitats D. Cleary et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-023-02267-x
- Oceanographic setting influences the prokaryotic community and metabolome in deep-sea sponges K. Steffen et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07292-3
- Composition and assembly of the microbial community within the deep chlorophyll maximum layer of the seamount and the adjacent coastal waters in the South China Sea L. Ren et al. https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00162-26
- Bacterial precursors and unsaturated long-chain fatty acids are biomarkers of North-Atlantic deep-sea demosponges A. de Kluijver et al. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241095
- A Microbial Nitrogen Engine Modulated by Bacteriosyncytia in Hexactinellid Sponges: Ecological Implications for Deep-Sea Communities M. Maldonado et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.638505
- Water masses constrain the distribution of deep-sea sponges in the North Atlantic Ocean and Nordic Seas E. Roberts et al. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13570
- Drivers of pelagic and benthic microbial communities on Central Arctic seamounts A. von Jackowski et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1216442
- Diversity and structure of the deep-sea sponge microbiome in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean S. Williams et al. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001478
- Population connectivity of fan-shaped sponge holobionts in the deep Cantabrian Sea K. Busch et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103427
- Methane distribution above the Emperor Seamount chain N. Polonik & A. Legkodimov https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2024.105431
- Benthic communities of DeepInsight Hill, Mohn’s Ridge (Arctic Ocean) C. Marnor et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1827088
- Mesoscale eddies in the subpolar North Atlantic: their ecological importance and conservation significance L. Henry et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2026.103760
- Unveiling in situ oxygen, carbon and nutrient cycling of a sponge-driven biological hotspot in the arctic U. Hanz et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-41798-4
- Enhanced nutrient supply promotes mutualistic interactions between cyanobacteria and bacteria in oligotrophic ocean W. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.0788
- Habitat types and megabenthos composition from three sponge-dominated high-Arctic seamounts T. Stratmann et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25240-z
- Deep‐sea sponge derived environmental DNA analysis reveals demersal fish biodiversity of a remote Arctic ecosystem O. Brodnicke et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.451
- Connectivity and Adaptation Patterns of the Deep-Sea Ground-Forming Sponge Geodia hentscheli Across Its Entire Distribution S. Taboada et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf145
- A hunting ground for predatory bacteria at the Zhenbei seamount in the South China Sea Z. Li et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycaf042
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Short summary
Seamounts are globally abundant submarine structures that offer great potential to study the impacts and interactions of environmental gradients at a single geographic location. In an exemplary way, we describe potential mechanisms by which a seamount can affect the structure of pelagic and benthic (sponge-)associated microbial communities. We conclude that the geology, physical oceanography, biogeochemistry, and microbiology of seamounts are even more closely linked than currently appreciated.
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