Polychaetes from deep pelagic zone of the Mid-Atlantic ridge

Feeding Ecology of Coryphaenoides rupestris from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

The Macrourid fish roundnose grenadier, Coryphaenoides rupestris, is one of the most common benthopelagic fishes on the northern mid-Atlantic Ridge. The ecology of the species is comparatively well studied in continental slope waters of the North Atlantic, but not on the mid-Atlantic Ridge, which is a central mid-ocean area of its distribution. In total, 166 specimens from the RV G.O. Sars crui...

O-Proteobacterial diversity from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

The prokaryotic phylogenetic diversity was determined for a sample associated with an in situ growth chamber deployed for 5 days on a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent (23322PN, 44357PW). The DNA was extracted from the sample and the 16S rDNA amplified by PCR. No Archaea were detected in the sample. Eighty-seven clones containing bacterial 16S rDNA inserts were selected. Based on restriction...

Long-range backscatter from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Acoustic backscatter eturns measured with a vertical source and horizontal receiving array are beamformed and charted to respective scattering sites on the western flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR). Well-defined patterns of high-level backscatter esembling bottom morphology occur within the direct path and at convergence zone ranges. Measured backscatter is compared with modeled two-way tra...

Shewanella electrodiphila sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from Mid-Atlantic Ridge deep-sea sediments.

Strains MAR441(T) and MAR445 were isolated from Mid-Atlantic Ridge sediments from a depth of 2734 m, and were found to belong to the genus Shewanella. The strains were rod-shaped, pigmented, non-motile and capable of anaerobic growth either by fermentation of carbohydrates or by anaerobic respiration. The strains utilized a variety of electron acceptors, including nitrate and ferric compounds, ...

Catchability of Pelagic Trawls for Sampling Deep-living Nekton in the Mid North Atlantic