Fig. 3: Categorical abundances of the foundation chemosymbiotic molluscs pre- and post-eruption at three hydrothermal vent fields with differing ash thicknesses.
From: Deep seafloor hydrothermal vent communities buried by volcanic ash from the 2022 Hunga eruption
Alviniconcha spp. snails (blue), Ifremeria nautilei snails (red), and Bathymodiolus septemdierum mussels (green) at a Tow Cam, b ABE, and c Tu’i Malila vent fields before (2019) the Hunga volcanic eruption and after (2022). The categories Superabundant (S) and Abundant (A) are shown as differently sized open circles, while Common, Frequent, Occasional, Rare, and Present (CFORP) are all shown as an open smaller circle. Filled gray circles represent when the species were absent. Bathymetric data used to generate this figure was collected on the 2016 R/V Falkor (Schmidt Ocean Institute) cruise FK160407 and is publicly available through the Marine Geoscience Data System82.
