Physiological ecology of sulfide metabolism in hydrothermal vent and cold seep vesicomyid clams and vestimentiferan tube worms

Kathleen M. Scott; Charles R. Fisher

doi:10.1093/icb/35.2.102

Physiological ecology of sulfide metabolism in hydrothermal vent and cold seep vesicomyid clams and vestimentiferan tube worms

Kathleen M. Scott, Charles R. Fisher

Eberly College of Science

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SYNOPSIS. The primary ecosystem-structuring organisms at many hydrothermal vents and cold seeps are phylogenetically related and quite similar physiologically and anatomically. Vestimentiferan tube worms and Vesicomyid clams in particular all rely on chemoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing symbionts and have blood which binds sulfide with high affinity and capacity. However, there are significant differences between cold seep and hydrothermal vent environments, including large differences in flow rate of the emitted fluid and the chemistry of that fluid. Here we review extant data on the hydrothermal vent species, present new data on the physiologically relevant chemical microhabitat of cold seep vestimentiferans and vesicomyids, and compare the physiological ecology of the seep species to their hydrothermal vent relatives.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	102-111
Number of pages	10
Journal	Integrative and comparative biology
Volume	35
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/35.2.102
State	Published - Apr 1995

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Physiological ecology of sulfide metabolism in hydrothermal vent and cold seep vesicomyid clams and vestimentiferan tube worms

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