From basalt to biosphere: Early non-vent community succession on the erupting Vailulu’u deep seamount

From basalt to biosphere: Early non-vent community succession on the erupting Vailulu’u deep seamount

Volcanic eruptions provide rare opportunities to witness the biological recolonization of areas covered by new lava flows by effectively resetting the ecological succession clock to zero. The role of submarine volcanic eruptions as disturbance events and the resulting patterns of ecological successi...

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Main Authors: Santiago Herrera, William W. Chadwick, Matthew G. Jackson, Jasper Konter, Luke McCartin, Nicole Pittoors, Emily Bushta, Susan G. Merle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
colonization
ecological succession
seamount
submarine eruption
deep-sea
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1110062/full

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