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Hydrothermal Vents By: Theresa Zajac and Kevin Kwong Black Smokers White Smokers • From at 300400°C • Iron, copper, zinc, and lead • Barium, calcium, and silicon • White smokers are cooler Extremophiles and the Hydrothermal Vent Community Chemosynthetic bacteria These vent organisms are capable of living and reproducing under extreme conditions. A lot of these are primitive, single-celled microorganisms Microbial mats Images courtesy of MDK12, ifremer and WHOI Some new and unusual species in vent communities Image from University of Delaware College of Marine Studies The Pompeii Worm Discovered in the early 1980s off the Galapagos island Suzuki et al , 2006 The “Scaly foot” Gastropod Discovered in 2001 in the Indian Ocean’s Kairei hydrothermal vent field
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