Hydrothermal Vent studies to date:
Vent biological communities are arranged in concentric layers around a source of effluent according to their mode for obtaining energy.
Hessler and Kaharl, The Deep Sea Hydrothermal Systems, An Overview, 1995.
Possible temperature selective process by which vent chimney surfaces are colonized.
Juniper and Sarrazin, Interaction of Vent Biota and Hydrothermal Deposits: Present Evidence and Future Experimentation, 1995.
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