Figure 2.
Experimental design and biologically relevant chemical characteristics at P-vent near 9° 50' N on the East Pacific Rise. (a) Schedule of deployment and recovery of colonization sandwiches on research vessels Atlantis (AT designates cruise number) and L'Atalante, in months after the 2006 eruption (those recovered on the L'Atalante cruise were unusable due to ferrous precipitate; inset shows colonized sandwich in Alvin manipulator; (b) change in temperature over months post-eruption; (c) relationship of pH with temperature; (d) relationship of total sulfide with temperature. (Online version in colour.)