Table 1 Sample information.
From: Emergent “core communities” of microbes, meiofauna and macrofauna at hydrothermal vents
Location | Temperature (°C) | Balance of microbial domains‡ | Observed faunal richness | ||||||||||
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Sample name* | Sample Type | Substratum | Vent Field | Latitude (DecDeg) | Longitude (DecDeg) | Worm base | Fluid above worms | % Bacteria (± std err) | % Archaea (± std err) | % Microeukarya (± std err) | No. meiofaunal species | No. macrofaunal species | Total No. unique species† |
EMw1 | Tubeworm bush | Sulphide | Main Endeavour | 47.9501 | −129.0971 | 33.2 | 66.3 ± 2.6 | 27.3 ± 2.1 | 6.5 ± 0.5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |
EMw2 | Tubeworm bush | Sulphide | Main Endeavour | 47.9501 | −129.0961 | 5.3 | 87.2 ± 0.2 | 8.2 ± <0.1 | 4.7 ± 0.2 | na | na | na | |
EMw3 | Tubeworm bush | Basalt | Main Endeavour | 47.9500 | −129.0971 | 3.4 | 82.1 ± 1.2 | 9.5 ± 0.4 | 8.4 ± 0.9 | 18 | 21 | 34 | |
EMw4 | Tubeworm bush | Sulphide | Main Endeavour | 47.9500 | −129.0970 | 37.1 | 98.2 ± <0.1 | 0.2 ± <0.1 | 1.6 ± <0.1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | |
EMw5 | Tubeworm bush | Sulphide | Main Endeavour | 47.9500 | −129.0969 | 13.4 | 83.4 ± 0.6 | 14.8 ± 0.6 | 1.8 ± <0.1 | 17 | 11 | 24 | |
EMw6 | Tubeworm bush | Basalt | Main Endeavour | 47.9501 | −129.0972 | 2.8 | 83.3 ± 0.7 | 4.8 ± 0.3 | 11.9 ± 0.8 | na | na | na | |
EMw7 | Tubeworm bush | Sulphide | Main Endeavour | 47.9497 | −129.0983 | 33.0a | 99.0 ± <0.1 | 0.1 ± <0.1 | 0.9 ± <0.1 | na | na | na | |
EMw8 | Tubeworm bush | Sulphide | Main Endeavour | 47.9495 | −129.0985 | 37.4 | 95.9 ± 0.3 | 3.4 ± 0.3 | 0.7 ± <0.1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |
ECw9 | Tubeworm bush | Sulphide | Clam Bed | 47.9630 | −129.0915 | 15.0 | 34.7 ± 0.3 | 63.2 ± 0.3 | 2.2 ± <0.1 | na | na | na | |
ECw10 | Tubeworm bush | Sulphide | Clam Bed | 47.9630 | −129.0915 | 31.0 | 95.5 ± <0.1 | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 3.5 ± 0.1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |
ECw11 | Tubeworm bush | Basalt | Clam Bed | 47.9631 | −129.0917 | 5.2 | 93.9 ± <0.1 | 1.6 ± 0.1 | 4.5 ± 0.1 | 17 | 23 | 32 | |
MVw12 | Tubeworm bush | Sulphide | Middle Valley | 48.4303 | −128.6821 | 27.4 | 98.1 ± <0.1 | 0.8 ± <0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
MVw13 | Tubeworm bush | Sulphide | Middle Valley | 48.4553 | −129.7086 | 21.1 | 84.5 ± 0.8 | 6.9 ± 0.8 | 8.5 ± <0.1 | 8 | 23 | 28 | |
EMf1 | Diffuse fluid | na | Main Endeavour | 47.9501 | −129.0971 | 5.0 | 92.0 ± 0.1 | 5.4 ± 0.1 | 2.6 ± 0.2 | ||||
EMf2 | Diffuse fluid | na | Main Endeavour | 47.9501 | −129.0961 | 4.6 | 86.9 ± 0.7 | 3.1 ± 0.3 | 10.0 ± 0.4 | ||||
EMf3 | Diffuse fluid | na | Main Endeavour | 47.9500 | −129.0971 | 4.1 | 75.2 ± 0.9 | 13.0 ± 0.3 | 11.8 ± 1.2 | ||||
EMf7 | Diffuse fluid | na | Main Endeavour | 47.9497 | −129.0983 | 12.0 | 94.3 ± 0.3 | 1.4 ± <0.1 | 4.3 ± 0.3 | ||||
ECf9 | Diffuse fluid | na | Clam Bed | 47.9630 | −129.0915 | 2.6 | 76.8 ± 0.7 | 12.5 ± 0.1 | 10.7 ± 0.6 | ||||
ECf11 | Diffuse fluid | na | Clam Bed | 47.9631 | −129.0917 | 6.1 | 86.6 ± 0.6 | 7.0 ± 0.1 | 6.4 ± 0.6 | ||||
MVf12 | Diffuse fluid | na | Middle Valley | 48.4303 | −128.6821 | 23.0 | 95.8 ± 0.2 | 3.3 ± 0.2 | 0.9 ± <0.1 | ||||
bkEC | Background fluid | na | Clam Bed | 47.9631 | −129.0915 | na | 75.9 ± 8.5 | 13.7 ± 3.5 | 10.4 ± 0.4 | ||||
bkEM | Background fluid | na | Main Endeavour | 47.9501 | −129.0972 | na | 74.4 ± 0.6 | 15.5 ± 0.6 | 10.1 ± 1.1 | ||||
bkMV | Background fluid | na | Middle Valley | 48.4303 | −128.6821 | na | 89.2 ± 9.5 | 4.6 ± 0.6 | 6.2 ± 0.2 | ||||
