Table 1 Summary of the six experiments presented here, including the reductant supplied, geographic coordinates and depths from which the snail species were collected, as well as the number (N) of control and treatment animals used in each experiment.

From: Physiological dynamics of chemosynthetic symbionts in hydrothermal vent snails

Exp.

Reductant

Vent field

Latitude

Longitude

Depth (m)

Species

Symbiont

Control (N)

Treatment (N)

1

H2S

ABE

–20.7630

–176.1913

2155

A. boucheti

A. kojimai

ε

γ-1

2

2

4

4

2

H2S

Tu’i Malila

–21.9891

–176.5682

1884

A. strummeri

A. kojimai

γ-1

γ-1

3

3

4

4

3

H2

Tu’i Malila

–21.9891

–176.5682

1888

A. strummeri

A. kojimai

γ-1

γ-1

3

3

4

5

4

H2

ABE

–20.7617

–176.1917

2130

A. boucheti

A. kojimai

ε

γ-1

2

2

4

5

5

H2

Tahi Moana

–20.6838

–176.1834

2214

A. strummeri

A. boucheti

γ-1

ε

3

3

3

3

6a

None

Tow Cam

–20.3166

–176.1361

2703

A. boucheti

A. kojimai

ε

γ-1

0

0

3

3

  1. aAs we were unable to include an acclimation control, transcriptomic sequencing was not performed for individuals in this experiment.