Distribution and environmental drivers of macrofaunal nematode communities across gradients of methane seepage at cold seeps on Hikurangi Margin (New Zealand) and potential implications of disturbance from gas hydrate extraction

Cold seeps are areas characterised by specialized biological communities that rely on chemosynthesis for their nutrition. To date, research conducted on New Zealand’s Hikurangi Margin seep communities has focused on communities at 650-1200 m water depth. Here, we characterize the macrofaunal nematod...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors:	Daniel Leduc, Ashley A. Rowden, Sarah Seabrook, David A. Bowden, Andrew R. Thurber, Jane Halliday, Cliff S. Law, Olivia S. Pereira, Bethany G. Whitten, Andrew Marriner
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-01-01
Subjects:	macrofauna infauna community ecology continental slope nematode species
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1486305/full