Ecology 6th Edition by Charles Krebs

Exercise 9

Hydrothermal vents are like geysers in the deep ocean on the seafloor. They continuously spew super-hot, mineral-rich water that helps support a diverse community of organisms. Vents are typically 2-100 km apart on the ocean floor, and in the Pacific exist for 10-100 years before they collapse. How could you test the intermediate disturbance hypothesis for these vents? Tsurumi (2003) discusses diversity at hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean.