How do larvae of hydrothermal-vent animals find new homes?
Marsh et al. report in Nature 411:77 (3-May-2001) on the potential for dispersal of giant-tubeworm larvae, which can survive about 38 days. • “Probing Gas Hydrates”–a review article on the huge quantities of frozen natural gas in the deepsea in American Scientist, Vol 89 (May-June 2001), p.244-251. For more detail on this huge fossil-fuel reservoir, see below. • NOAA Monitors Eruption off Oregon coast: Apr. 6, 2001: an eruption on the ridge off Oregon and N. California was detected by the naval hydrophone/sonar network • First pictures released from hydrothermal vents in the Indian ocean (Mar-May 2001): start at the WHOI DIVE and DISCOVER website. • The osmolyte TMAO of deepsea animals protects several proteins against high pressure: work in our laboratory reported in J. Exp. Zool. 289:172 (Feb. 2001). For more information, see Research in our Laboratory (go to Main Contents & select HIGH PRESSURE). • Giant tubeworms fix carbon as fast as plants: Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquari
