Growth and Condition of Seep Mussels (Bathymodiolus childressi) at a Gulf of Mexico Brine Pool

Ecology ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 81 (9) ◽  
pp. 2392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily B. Smith ◽  
Kathleen M. Scott ◽  
Erica R. Nix ◽  
Carol Korte ◽  
Charles R. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Brine Pool ◽  
Bathymodiolus Childressi

GROWTH AND CONDITION OF SEEP MUSSELS (BATHYMODIOLUS CHILDRESSI) AT A GULF OF MEXICO BRINE POOL

Ecology ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 81 (9) ◽  
pp. 2392-2403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily B. Smith ◽  
Kathleen M. Scott ◽  
Erica R. Nix ◽  
Carol Korte ◽  
Charles R. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Brine Pool ◽  
Bathymodiolus Childressi

scholarly journals Geophysical and geochemical signatures of Gulf of Mexico seafloor brines

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 637-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. B. Joye ◽  
I. R. MacDonald ◽  
J. P. Montoya ◽  
M. Peccini
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Bottom Water ◽  
Major Ions ◽  
Inorganic Nitrogen ◽  
Deep Ocean ◽  
Mud Volcano ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Bottom Water Temperature ◽  
Dissolved Ions ◽  
Brine Pool

Abstract. Geophysical, temperature, and discrete depth-stratified geochemical data illustrate differences between an actively venting mud volcano and a relatively quiescent brine pool in the Gulf of Mexico along the continental slope. Geophysical data, including laser-line scan mosaics and sub-bottom profiles, document the dynamic nature of both environments. Temperature profiles, obtained by lowering a CTD into the brine fluid, show that the venting brine was at least 10°C warmer than the bottom water. At the brine pool, two thermoclines were observed, one directly below the brine-seawater interface and a second about one meter below the first. At the mud volcano, substantial temperature variability was observed, with the core brine temperature being either slightly (~2°C in 1997) or substantially (19°C in 1998) elevated above bottom water temperature. Geochemical samples were obtained using a device called the "brine trapper" and concentrations of dissolved gases, major ions and nutrients were determined using standard techniques. Both brines contained about four times as much salt as seawater and steep concentration gradients of dissolved ions and nutrients versus brine depth were apparent. Differences in the concentrations of calcium, magnesium and potassium between the two brine fluids suggests that the fluids are derived from different sources or that brine-sediment reactions are more important at the mud volcano than the brine pool. Substantial concentrations of methane and ammonium were observed in both brines, suggesting that fluids expelled from deep ocean brines are important sources of methane and dissolved inorganic nitrogen to the surrounding environment.

scholarly journals Geophysical and geochemical signatures of Gulf of Mexico seafloor brines

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. B. Joye ◽  
I. R. MacDonald ◽  
J. P. Montoya ◽  
M. Peccini
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Bottom Water ◽  
Major Ions ◽  
Deep Ocean ◽  
Mud Volcano ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Concentration Gradients ◽  
Dissolved Ions ◽  
Calcium Magnesium ◽  
Brine Pool

Abstract. Geophysical, temperature, and discrete depth-stratified geochemical data illustrate differences between an actively venting mud volcano and a relatively quiescent brine pool in the Gulf of Mexico along the continental slope. Geophysical data, including laser-line scan mosaics and sub-bottom profiles, document the dynamic nature of both environments. Temperature profiles, obtained by lowering a CTD into the brine fluid, show that the venting brine was at least 10°C warmer than the bottom water. At the brine pool, thermal stratification was observed and only small differences in stratification were documented between three sampling times (1991, 1997 and 1998). In contrast, at the mud volcano, substantial temperature variability was observed, with the core brine temperature being slightly higher than bottom water (by 2°C) in 1997 but substantially higher than bottom water (by 19°C) in 1998. Detailed geochemical samples were obtained in 2002 using a device called the "brine trapper" and concentrations of dissolved gases, major ions and nutrients were determined. Both brines contained about four times as much salt as seawater and steep concentration gradients of dissolved ions and nutrients versus brine depth were apparent. Differences in the concentrations of calcium, magnesium and potassium between the two brine fluids suggest that the fluids are derived from different sources, have different dilution/mixing histories, or that brine-sediment reactions are more important at the mud volcano. Substantial concentrations of methane, ammonium, and silicate were observed in both brines, suggesting that fluids expelled from deep ocean brines are important sources of these constituents to the surrounding environment.

Population structure of the mussel “Bathymodiolus” childressi from Gulf of Mexico hydrocarbon seeps

2006 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 1061-1072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan L. Carney ◽  
Marisa I. Formica ◽  
Himani Divatia ◽  
Kimberlyn Nelson ◽  
Charles R. Fisher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Hydrocarbon Seeps ◽  
Bathymodiolus Childressi

scholarly journals New constraints on methane fluxes and rates of anaerobic methane oxidation in a Gulf of Mexico brine pool via in situ mass spectrometry

2010 ◽  
Vol 57 (21-23) ◽  
pp. 2022-2029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott D. Wankel ◽  
Samantha B. Joye ◽  
Vladimir A. Samarkin ◽  
Sunita R. Shah ◽  
Gernot Friederich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Methane Oxidation ◽  
Anaerobic Methane Oxidation ◽  
Methane Fluxes ◽  
Brine Pool

Functional respiratory anatomy of a deep-sea orbiniid polychaete from the Brine Pool NR-1 in the Gulf of Mexico

2005 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphane Hourdez ◽  
Lee-Ann Frederick ◽  
Andrea Schernecke ◽  
Charles R. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Brine Pool
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