Long-Distance Larvae Speed to New Undersea Vent Homes
Monday, April 12, 2010 - 14:42
in Earth & Climate
Working in a rare, "natural seafloor laboratory" of hydrothermal vents that had just been rocked by a volcanic eruption, scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and other institutions have discovered what they believe is an undersea superhighway carrying tiny life forms unprecedented distances to inhabit the post-eruption site.