Giant sponge grounds of Central Arctic seamounts are associated with extinct seep life
This study reports the discovery of dense sponge gardens across the peaks of permanently ice-covered, extinct volcanic seamounts of the Langseth Ridge and on the remnants of a now extinct seep ecosystem. Using approaches to sample and infer food and energy sources to this ice-covered community, the...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
T. M. Morganti,
B. M. Slaby,
A. de Kluijver,
K. Busch,
U. Hentschel,
J. J. Middelburg,
H. Grotheer,
G. Mollenhauer,
J. Dannheim,
H. T. Rapp,
A. Purser,
A. Boetius |
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| Format: | Article
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Nature Portfolio
2022-02-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28129-7
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