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| Title |
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents as natural egg-case incubators at the Galapagos Rift
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| Published in |
Scientific Reports, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.1038/s41598-018-20046-4 |
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| Authors |
Pelayo Salinas-de-León, Brennan Phillips, David Ebert, Mahmood Shivji, Florencia Cerutti-Pereyra, Cassandra Ruck, Charles R. Fisher, Leigh Marsh |
| Abstract |
The discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents in 1977 challenged our views of ecosystem functioning and yet, the research conducted at these extreme and logistically challenging environments still continues to reveal unique biological processes. Here, we report for the first time, a unique behavior where the deep-sea skate, Bathyraja spinosissima, appears to be actively using the elevated temperature of a hydrothermal vent environment to naturally "incubate" developing egg-cases. We hypothesize that this behavior is directly targeted to accelerate embryo development time given that deep-sea skates have some of the longest egg incubation times reported for the animal kingdom. Similar egg incubating behavior, where eggs are incubated in volcanically heated nesting grounds, have been recorded in Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs and the rare avian megapode. To our knowledge, this is the first time incubating behavior using a volcanic source is recorded for the marine environment. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 201 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 16% |
| United Kingdom | 23 | 11% |
| Australia | 9 | 4% |
| Canada | 8 | 4% |
| Spain | 3 | 1% |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1% |
| Greece | 3 | 1% |
| France | 3 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 22 | 11% |
| Unknown | 91 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 130 | 65% |
| Scientists | 62 | 31% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 7 | 3% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 153 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 153 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 15% |
| Researcher | 20 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 25 | 16% |
| Unknown | 37 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 49 | 32% |
| Environmental Science | 17 | 11% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 15 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 7% |
| Engineering | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 7% |
| Unknown | 46 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 364. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 October 2023.
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