Biological communities at deep-ocean hydrothermal vents migrate via larval dispersal through ocean currents
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SUPPORTED
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Biological communities at deep-ocean hydrothermal vents rely on pelagic larval stages that disperse across vast distances via ocean currents to maintain populations across ephemeral and patchy habitats.
Evidence for · 6
Biogeography and evolution of hydrothermal-vent fauna in the eastern Pacific Ocean
1988 · cited by 80
This study examines the regional dispersion of vent-limited organisms and how their biogeography connects to ocean spreading and exchange routes.
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Toward a mechanistic understanding of larval dispersal: insights from genomic fingerprinting of the deep‐sea hydrothermal vent tubeworm <i>Riftia pachyptila</i>
2007 · cited by 40
The paper discusses how larval dispersal is critical for maintaining species populations across patchy hydrothermal vent habitats using genetic connectivity.
The dynamics of biogeographic ranges in the deep sea.
2010 · cited by 0
It notes that many taxa, including those at hydrothermal vents, appear broadly distributed due to deep-sea currents and larval transport.
Do larvae from deep-sea hydrothermal vents disperse in surface waters?
2017 · cited by 0
This research provides direct evidence that pelagic larval stages migrate and use ocean currents for long-distance dispersal among vent sites.
Population connectivity of the hydrothermal-vent limpet Shinkailepas tollmanni in the Southwest Pacific (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha: Phenacolepadidae).
2020 · cited by 0
The study demonstrates that vent-endemic limpets maintain panmictic population structures over thousands of kilometers via larval stages transported by currents.
High connectivity across the fragmented chemosynthetic ecosystems of the deep Atlantic Equatorial Belt: efficient dispersal mechanisms or questionable endemism?
2013 · cited by 0
It supports the idea that the dispersion of larvae following deep-sea currents results in large-scale effective migration among distant hydrothermal vent communities.