OB34A:
Biological Hot Spots in the Deep Sea: Natural Variability and Adaptation to Changing Oceans II Posters
Session ID#: 85248
Session Description:
The deep-sea is often considered as the last wilderness on earth and provides habitat to many vulnerable and often unexplored ecosystems. These ecosystems support high species biodiversity and biomass, and provide goods and services that are vital for the health and wellbeing of our planet. Ecosystems such as cold-water coral and sponge reefs not only support a great diversity of life, but are also seriously affected by human activities and climate change. Biogeochemical dynamics, distribution, interconnections and adaptation of these ecosystems to anthropogenic change are key values to understand ecosystem functioning through time and make predictions for the future. This session will focus on benthic biological hotspot ecosystems in the deep sea, including seamounts, submarine canyons and continental slopes. Presenters are encouraged from different fields studying biogeographic patterns, biodiversity (macro to microscale), biogeochemistry, oceanography, paleoclimatological characteristics, and stressors of these fragile ecosystems.
Co-Sponsor(s):
Primary Chair: Furu Mienis, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Burg, Netherlands
Co-chairs: Hans Tore Rapp, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Andrew J Davies, University of Rhode Island, Bangor, United Kingdom and , University of Amsterdam, Freshwater and marine ecology, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Liaison: Furu Mienis, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of Ocean Systems, Texel, Netherlands
Moderators: Furu Mienis, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of Ocean Systems, Texel, Netherlands and Andrew J Davies, University of Rhode Island, Bangor, United Kingdom
Student Paper Review Liaison: Furu Mienis, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of Ocean Systems, Texel, Netherlands
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
A role for predation in mediating the population dynamics of deep-sea corals? (657780)
James Barry1, Charles A. Boch1, Kurt Randall Buck1, Erica J Burton2, Andrew P DeVogelaere2, Amanda S Kahn3, Chad King4, Linda Kuhnz1, Steven Yitzchak Litvin5, Chris Lovera1, Thomas P Guilderson6 and Patrick Whaling1, (1)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (2)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Monterey, CA, United States, (3)Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (4)Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary - NOAA, Monterey, CA, United States, (5)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, United States, (6)LLNL, Livermore, United States
Forests of the Deep: High-density deep-sea coral and sponge communities in the Central and Western Pacific (645852)
Thomas F. Hourigan1, Christopher Kelley2, Robert McGuinn, MS3, Sarah Bingo4, Virginia C Moriwake4, Meagan Putts4, Michael Francis Parke5 and Kelley Elliott6, (1)NOAA Habitat Conservation, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)University of Hawaii, Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)NOAA, Northern Gulf Institute, Charleston, United States, (4)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States, (5)NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, HI, United States, (6)NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Infaunal Communities Associated with Deep-Sea Coral Habitats in the Western Atlantic (Invited) (651360)
Jill R Bourque, US Geological Survey Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Gainesville, FL, United States, Amanda W Demopoulos, US Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Gainesville, United States, Jonathan Quigley, Cherokee Nation Technologies, Contracted to USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Gainesville, FL, United States, Jason D Chaytor, USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center Woods Hole, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Erik E Cordes, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Environmental DNA surveys of metazoan diversity across seamounts and abyssal plains in the western Clarion Clipperton Zone (648333)
Erica Goetze1, Olivier Laroche2, Oliver Kersten3 and Craig R Smith1, (1)University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, United States, (2)Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand, (3)University of Oslo, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Oslo, Norway
Kuroshio flow – seamount interaction effects on the spatial and temporal variability of the microbial community structure (642748)
Cristy Acabado, University of the Philippines Visayas, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Iloilo, Philippines; NTNU National Taiwan Normal University, Life Science, Taipei, Taiwan, Chung-Chi Chen, NTNU National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan and Ming-Huei Chang, National Taiwan University, Institute of Oceanography, Taipei, Taiwan
Environmental factors drive megabenthic faunal distributions patterns on the East and West wall of Whittard Canyon (651741)
Sofia Ledin1, Gerard Duineveld1, Marc Lavaleye1, Gert-Jan Reichart2,3 and Furu Mienis1, (1)Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Burg, Netherlands, (2)NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Ocean Systems, and Utrecht University, Fac Geosci, Dept Earth Sci, Texel, Netherlands, (3)Utrecht University, Fac Geosci, Dept Earth Sci, Utrecht, Netherlands
Exploring the impact of historic shipwrecks on microbial biogeography and sediment geochemistry in the deep Gulf of Mexico. (640557)
Justyna J Hampel1, Rachel L Mugge2, Rachel Moseley1, Anirban Ray2 and Leila J Hamdan1, (1)University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, United States, (2)University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS, United States
How shipwrecks shape microbial biodiversity and biogeography across deep-sea sediments (655899)
Leila J Hamdan1, Justyna J Hampel2, Rachel Moseley2, Rachel L Mugge3, Anirban Ray3, Taylor Runyan Lee4 and Warren T Wood5, (1)University of Southern Mississippi, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (2)University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, United States, (3)University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS, United States, (4)US Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Washington, DC, United States, (5)US Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
Why can nematode-prokaryotic symbioses be associated with deep-sea hotspots? (646532)
Jeroen Ingels, Florida State University, St. Teresa, FL, United States; Florida State University, Coastal and Marine Laboratory, St. Teresa, FL, United States and Daniela Zeppilli, IFREMER, EEP-LEP, Plouzané, France
Sponges as primary producers of a deep sea sponge ground? (Invited) (650166)
Ulrike Hanz, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Reasearch, den Hoorn, Netherlands, Marcel van der Meer, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, Den Burg, Netherlands, Philip M. Riekenberg, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, Den Burg, Netherlands, , University of Amsterdam, Freshwater and marine ecology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Martijn Bart, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Erik Wurz, Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands, Anna de Kluijver, Utrecht University, Netherlands, Hans Tore Rapp, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Gert-Jan Reichart, NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Ocean Systems, and Utrecht University, Fac Geosci, Dept Earth Sci, Texel, Netherlands and Furu Mienis, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of Ocean Systems, Texel, Netherlands
