hydrothermal vent
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Research
2,947 papers- Genetic adaptations of marine invertebrates to hydrothermal vent habitats.Trends in genetics : TIG · 2024
- Shallow hydrothermal vent meso-zooplankton: A systematic review of species composition and community structure.The Science of the total environment · 2025
- Deep-sea hydrothermal vent sediments reveal diverse fungi with antibacterial activities.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2021
- A Crustin from Hydrothermal Vent Shrimp: Antimicrobial Activity and Mechanism.Marine drugs · 2021
- Adaptations of Xenograpsus testudinatus to shallow hydrothermal vent environments in the western Pacific: A comprehensive review.Marine pollution bulletin · 2025
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Black smoker in the Atlantic Ocean
Hydrothermal vents are fissures on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges. They are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-ocean ridges, ocean basins, and hotspots. The dispersal of hydrothermal fluids throughout the global ocean at active vent sites creates hydrothermal plumes. Hydrothermal deposits are rocks and mineral ore deposits formed by the action of hydrothermal vents.