In situ measurements of hydrogen sulfide, oxygen, and temperature in diffuse fluids of an ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal vent field (Logatchev, 14°45′N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge): Implications for chemosymbiotic bathymodiolin mussels

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Zielinski, Frank U ^a,b   Gennerich, Hans Hermann ^c   Borowski, Christian ^a   Wenzhfer, Frank ^a,d   Dubilier, Nicole ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathymodiolus puteoserpentis; hydrothermal diffuse flow; Logatchev hydrothermal vent field; microsensors; ultramafic hosted hydrothermal vents

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLUIDS; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROGEN; MICROSENSORS; SHELLFISH; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VENTS;

BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS; BATHYMODIOLUS PUTEOSERPENTIS; DISSOLVED HYDROGEN; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL DIFFUSE FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; LOGATCHEV HYDROTHERMAL VENT FIELD; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; REDUCTANTS; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION; SULFIDE OXIDATION; SULFUR OXIDIZING BACTERIA; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATION; THREE PARAMETERS; ULTRA-SLOW SPREADING; ULTRAMAFIC-HOSTED HYDROTHERMAL VENTS;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MOLLUSC; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATHYMODIOLUS PUTEOSERPENTIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80053072173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003632     Document Type: Article

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