Marine Biology (Castro), 9th Edition

Chapter 16: The Ocean Depths

Marine Biology on the Net

The Marine Deep Sea Zone

• Cold Seep Communities
  Information on organisms, particularly those in Monterey Bay, CA, associated with cold seeps.
  http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/sitechar/cold.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• Hot Vents
  Much text and interesting photos of hydrothermal vents and their associated fauna, taken by the submersible Alvin.
  http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/hotvent.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• Introduction to the Pogonophora
  The U.C. Berkeley site on the tubeworms which inhabit the hot vents.
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/annelida/pogonophora.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• Paul Yancey's Deep-Sea Page
  Interesting links to research in deep oceanic habits, the organisms that live there, with newly updated discoveries.
  http://people.whitman.edu/~yancey/deepsea.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

Under Sea Tectonic and Volcanic Activity

• Video Clips
  This shows video highlights from NOAA/VENTS research activities including shots from the submersibles. Interesting videos of tubeworms, and other interesting organisms inhabiting the vent habitat.
  http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/geology/video.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)