Ana Colaço

TL;DR: In this paper, the main physical and chemical characteristics of the vent habitat were studied by discrete sampling, in situ analysis and sediment trap moorings, showing that the vent fauna is distributed along a variable band where the vent fluids and seawater mix, with R. exoculata living in most concentrated areas and Bathymodiolus azoricus in the most diluted zones.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize current knowledge of the nature, extent and time and space scales of vent and seep interactions with background systems, and document an expanded footprint beyond the site of local venting or seepage with respect to elemental cycling and energy flux, habitat use, trophic interactions, and connectivity.

TL;DR: While densities and diversities of some taxa can recover to or even exceed pre-disturbance levels, community composition remains affected after decades, and community shifts that persist over geological timescales at mined sites are identified.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the scientific need for globally integrated deep-ocean observing, its status, and the key scientific questions and societal mandates driving observing requirements over the next decade.

TL;DR: The evidence for long-term changes both in biologically driven, sedimented, deep-sea ecosystems (e.g. abyssal plains) and in chemosynthetic ecosystems that are partially geologically driven, such as hydrothermal vents and cold seeps is assessed.