Macrofouling of deep-sea instrumentation after three years at 3690 m depth in the Charlie Gibbs fracture zone, mid-Atlantic ridge, with emphasis on hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)

R. Blanco; M. A. Shields; A. J. Jamieson

doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.01.019

Macrofouling of deep-sea instrumentation after three years at 3690 m depth in the Charlie Gibbs fracture zone, mid-Atlantic ridge, with emphasis on hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)

R. Blanco
, M. A. Shields
, A. J. Jamieson^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Macrofouling is a common problem when deploying underwater instrumentation for long periods of time. It is a problem which can effect scientific experiments and monitoring missions though the creation of artificial reefs (thus increasing local biological activity) and reduce the quality of scientific data. Macrofouling is an issue typically considered to be restricted to the photic zones and is absent or negligible in the deep sea. To the contrary, the recovery of an accidentally lost deep-sea lander after 3 years submergence at 3960 m on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (North Atlantic) revealed dense colonisation of macrofouling organisms. These organisms were found attached to all surfaces of the lander regardless of orientation and materials. The occurrence of such deep-sea macrofouling should be carefully investigated given the recent developments in long-term deep-sea observatory networks. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	370-373
Number of pages	4
Journal	Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Volume	98
Issue number	Part B
Early online date	21 Jan 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.01.019
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2013

Funding

We thank the captain and crew of the RRS James Cook, (JC011 and JC048) and the ISIS ROV team at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK. This work was supported by the NERC Consortium Grant ECOMAR (Ecosystem of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge) at the SubPolar Front and Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone (Grant no. NE/C512961/1). R. Blanco-Perez is indebted to Dr G. Jarms, Dr A.C. Morandini and Dr A. Altuna for their advice on the Hydrozoa specimens.

Keywords

deep sea
macrofouling
hydrozoa
long-term submergence
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
time-lapse camera
North Pacific
ocean
settlement
observatories

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Macrofouling of deep-sea instrumentation after three years at 3690 m depth in the Charlie Gibbs fracture zone, mid-Atlantic ridge, with emphasis on hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). / Blanco, R.; Shields, M. A.; Jamieson, A. J.
In: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Vol. 98, No. Part B, 15.12.2013, p. 370-373.

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