Newly Discovered Hydrothermal Vent Sites Along the Mariana Back-arc Spreading Center Support Hypothesis of Geological and Chemical Control on Chemosynthetic Ecosystems

William W. Chadwick Jr, Oregon State University, CIMRS, and NOAA/PMEL, Newport, WA, United States, Verena Tunnicliffe, University of Victoria, Deptartment of Biology/School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Victoria, BC, Canada, David A Butterfield, University of Washington, NOAA/PMEL, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Oceans,, Seattle, WA, United States, Amanda E. Bates, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, Julie A Huber, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert, Josephine Bay Paul Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Andra M Bobbitt, Oregon State University, CIMRS, and NOAA/PMEL, Newport, OR, United States and Susan G. Merle, Oregon State University, CIMRS, Newport, OR, United States