Deep Sea Vent and Seep Communities
Channel: Earth Rocks!
Date: 2014-12-02

For an introductory college-level oceanography class: Review of some basic properties of the ecosystems found around deep sea hydrothermal vents and cold subduction zone, hypersaline, and hydrocarbon seeps. 

**This video comes near the middle of the semester, so there may be terms with which the audience is unfamiliar. For a full playlist, refer to the Oceanography playlist on the Earth Rocks! YouTube Channel.

Content within this video is based on information available in any standard introductory college oceanography textbook, such as Essentials of Oceanography -- Trujillo and Thurman – Pearson Publishing.

Part of the Nekton & Benthos Series:
Part 1: Nekton: Whales, Fish, and More
Part 2: Benthos: Intertidal Zone
Part 3: Benthos: Crabs, Corals, and More
Part 4: Benthos: Deep Sea Vent & Seep Communities

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0:00 Introduction
1:24 hydrothermal vents
2:35 tube worms (Riftia) at vent
3:43 COLD SEEP TUBE WORMS
4:19 Hypersaline Seeps (cold brine pools)
5:32 Hydrocarbon Seeps (cold)
6:20 subduction zone seeps (cold)