FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI The hydrothermal vent community of a new deep-sea field, Ashadze-1, 12°58'N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge BT AF FABRI, Marie-Claire BARGAIN, Annaelle BRIAND, Patrick GEBRUK, A. FOUQUET, Yves MORINEAUX, Marie DESBRUYERES, Daniel AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;4:3;5:4;6:1;7:1; FF 1:PDG-DOP-DCB-EEP-LEP;2:PDG-DOP-DCB-EEP-LEP;3:PDG-REM-EEP-LEP;4:;5:PDG-REM-GM-LGM;6:PDG-DOP-DCB-EEP-LEP;7:PDG-DOP-DCB-EEP; C1 Ifremer Brest, Dept Etude Ecosyst Profonds, F-29280 Plouzane, France. Univ Nantes, Equipe Mer Mol & Sante, EA2160, F-44322 Nantes, France. Russian Acad Sci, PP Shirshov Oceanol Inst, Moscow 117997, Russia. Ifremer Brest, Dept Marine Geosci, F-29280 Plouzane, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV NANTES, FRANCE PP SHIRSHOV OCEANOL INST, RUSSIA IFREMER, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-DOP-DCB-EEP-LEP PDG-REM-EEP-LEP PDG-REM-GM-LGM PDG-DOP-DCB-EEP IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe IF 1 TC 41 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00004/11565/11356.pdf LA English DT Article CR SERPENTINE BO Pourquoi pas ? DE ;hydrothermal vent;Mid-Atlantic Ridge;Maractis rimicarivora;isotopes AB Ashadze-1 (128 580N 448 510W, 4080 m) on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is the deepest known ctive hydrothermal vent ield. The first observations on this site were numerous clear and black smokers and surprisingly few nown symbiotic species ominant in other vent areas on the MAR. The species most abundant at Ashadze-1 are those usually ound at the periphery f hydrothermal communities: sea-anemones Maractis rimicarivora and chaetopterid polychaetes hyllochaetopterus sp. ov. This study comprised site mapping and faunal sampling and Ashadze-1 was completely mapped y using the Remote perated Vehicle ‘Victor 6000’ and a new high resolution tool available for deep-sea research. A photo-mapping survey was carried out with a long range optical black and white camera. Digitization of substrata and sea-anemones visible on the images was performed by GIS. Spatial distribution of Ma. rimicarivora was distinguished by high densities of 32 ind.m22 on the western side of the main smoker area. Submersible sampling operations allowed taxonomic identification within a 200 × 110 m area. Carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotopic ratios were measured in four dominant species to identify their trophic position. The present paper gives the complete maps and describes the faunal community of the Ashadze-1 vent field. The results obtained led us to consider this site as an ecosystem in its declining stage. Finally we compare the similarities of this community to other hydrothermal communities on the northern MAR. PY 2011 PD FEB SO Journal Of The Marine Biological Association Of The United Kingdom SN 0025-3154 PU Cambridge Univ Press VL 91 IS 1 UT 000287282500001 BP 1 EP 13 DI 10.1017/S0025315410000731 ID 11565 ER EF