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  • Open Access
    Authors: 
    Frosini, Luca; Pieve, Alessandro;
    Publisher: Zenodo
    Project: EC | AGINFRA PLUS (731001), EC | D4SCIENCE-II (239019), EC | EUBRAZILOPENBIO (288754), EC | IMARINE (283644), EC | D4SCIENCE (212488), EC | ENVRI (283465), EC | EGI-Engage (654142), EC | SoBigData (654024), EC | ENVRI PLUS (654182), EC | PARTHENOS (654119),...

    The gCube System - Accounting Aggregator -------------------------------------------------- Accounting Aggregator Smart Executor Plugin This software is part of the gCube Framework (https://www.gcube-system.org/): an open-source software toolkit used for building and operating Hybrid Data Infrastructures enabling the dynamic deployment of Virtual Research Environments by favouring the realisation of reuse oriented policies. The projects leading to this software have received funding from a series of European Union programmes including: * the Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development - DILIGENT (grant no. 004260); * the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration - D4Science (grant no. 212488), D4Science-II (grant no. 239019),ENVRI (grant no. 283465), EUBrazilOpenBio (grant no. 288754), iMarine (grant no. 283644); * the H2020 research and innovation programme - BlueBRIDGE (grant no. 675680), EGIEngage (grant no. 654142), ENVRIplus (grant no. 654182), Parthenos (grant no. 654119), SoBigData (grant no. 654024); Version -------------------------------------------------- 1.2.0-4.8.0-154717 (2017-12-01) Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes. Authors -------------------------------------------------- * Alessandro Pieve (alessandro.pieve-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy). * Luca Frosini (luca.frosini-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy). Maintainers ----------- * Luca Frosini (luca.frosini-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy). Download information -------------------------------------------------- Source code is available from SVN: https://svn.research-infrastructures.eu/public/d4science/gcube/trunk/accounting/accounting-aggregator-se-plugin Binaries can be downloaded from the gCube website: https://www.gcube-system.org/ Installation -------------------------------------------------- Installation documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki: https://wiki.gcube-system.org/gcube/index.php/SmartExecutor Documentation -------------------------------------------------- Documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki: https://wiki.gcube-system.org/gcube/index.php/SmartExecutor Support -------------------------------------------------- Bugs and support requests can be reported in the gCube issue tracking tool: https://support.d4science.org/projects/gcube/ Licensing -------------------------------------------------- This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.

  • Open Access
    Authors: 
    Alexandros Antoniadis; Gerasimos Farantatos;
    Publisher: Zenodo
    Project: EC | D4SCIENCE-II (239019), EC | ENVRI (283465), EC | EUBRAZILOPENBIO (288754), EC | IMARINE (283644), EC | D4SCIENCE (212488), EC | BlueBRIDGE (675680), EC | PARTHENOS (654119), EC | EGI-Engage (654142), EC | SoBigData (654024), EC | ENVRI PLUS (654182)

    The gCube System - resourceregistry-configuration-index -------------------------------------------------- ResourceRegistry Configuration Index This software is part of the gCube Framework (https://www.gcube-system.org/): an open-source software toolkit used for building and operating Hybrid Data Infrastructures enabling the dynamic deployment of Virtual Research Environments by favouring the realisation of reuse oriented policies. The projects leading to this software have received funding from a series of European Union programmes including: * the Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development - DILIGENT (grant no. 004260); * the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration - D4Science (grant no. 212488), D4Science-II (grant no. 239019),ENVRI (grant no. 283465), EUBrazilOpenBio (grant no. 288754), iMarine (grant no. 283644); * the H2020 research and innovation programme - BlueBRIDGE (grant no. 675680), EGIEngage (grant no. 654142), ENVRIplus (grant no. 654182), Parthenos (grant no. 654119), SoBigData (grant no. 654024); Version -------------------------------------------------- 1.0.3-4.2.0-126435 (2016-12-16) Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes. Authors -------------------------------------------------- * Gerasimos Farantatos (g.farantatos-AT-di.uoa.gr), University of Athens, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications. * Alexandros Antoniadis (a.antoniadis-AT-di.uoa.gr), University of Athens, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications. Maintainers ----------- Download information -------------------------------------------------- Source code is available from SVN: http://svn.research-infrastructures.eu/public/d4science/gcube/branches/resource-registry/ResourceRegistry-configuration-index/1.0/ResourceRegistry-configuration-index Binaries can be downloaded from the gCube website: https://www.gcube-system.org/ Installation -------------------------------------------------- Installation documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki: https://wiki.gcube-system.org/gcube/index.php Documentation -------------------------------------------------- Documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki: https://wiki.gcube-system.org/gcube/index.php Support -------------------------------------------------- Bugs and support requests can be reported in the gCube issue tracking tool: https://support.d4science.org/projects/gcube/ Licensing -------------------------------------------------- This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.

  • Open Access English
    Authors: 
    Holcomb, Michael; McCorkle, Daniel C; Cohen, Anne L;
    Publisher: PANGAEA
    Project: EC | EPOCA (211384)

    Zooxanthellate colonies of the scleractinian coral Astrangia poculata were grown under combinations of ambient and elevated nutrients (5 µM NO, 0.3 µM PO4, and 2nM Fe) and CO2 (780 ppmv) treatments for a period of 6 months. Coral calcification rates, estimated from buoyant weights, were not significantly affected by moderately elevated nutrients at ambient CO2 and were negatively affected by elevated CO2 at ambient nutrient levels. However, calcification by corals reared under elevated nutrients combined with elevated CO2 was not significantly different from that of corals reared under ambient conditions, suggesting that CO2 enrichment can lead to nutrient limitation in zooxanthellate corals. A conceptual model is proposed to explain how nutrients and CO2 interact to control zooxanthellate coral calcification. Nutrient limited corals are unable to utilize an increase in dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) as nutrients are already limiting growth, thus the effect of elevated CO2 on saturation state drives the calcification response. Under nutrient replete conditions, corals may have the ability to utilize more DIC, thus the calcification response to CO2 becomes the product of a negative effect on saturation state and a positive effect on gross carbon fixation, depending upon which dominates, the calcification response can be either positive or negative. This may help explain how the range of coral responses found in different studies of ocean acidification can be obtained.

  • Authors: 
    Beaufort Luc; Probert Ian; de Garidel-Thoron Thibault; Bendif E M; Ruiz-Pino Diana; Metzi N; Goyet Catherine; Buchet Noëlle; Coupel P; Grelaud Michaël; +3 more
    Project: EC | EPOCA (211384)
  • Authors: 
    Russell Bayden D; Thompson Jo-Anne I; Falkenberg Laura J; Connell Sean D;
    Project: EC | EPOCA (211384)
  • Open Access
    Authors: 
    Schneider, Robert; Schmitt, Jochen; Koehler, Peter; Joos, Fortunat; Fischer, Hubertus;
    Project: EC | PAST4FUTURE (243908), SNSF | Climate and Environmental... (147174)

    The reconstruction of the stable carbon isotope evolution in atmospheric CO2 (d13Catm ), as archived in Antarctic ice cores, bears the potential to disentangle the contributions of the different carbon cycle fluxes causing past CO2 variations. Here we present a new record of d13Catm before, during and after the Marine Isotope Stage 5.5 (155 000 to 105 000 years BP). The record was derived with a well established sublimation method using ice from the EPICA Dome C (EDC) and the Talos Dome ice cores in East Antarctica. We find a 0.4 permil shift to heavier values between the mean d13Catm level in the Penultimate (~ 140 000 years BP) and Last Glacial Maximum (~ 22 000 years BP), which can be explained by either (i) changes in the isotopic composition or (ii) intensity of the carbon input fluxes to the combined ocean/atmosphere carbon reservoir or (iii) by long-term peat buildup. Our isotopic data suggest that the carbon cycle evolution along Termination II and the subsequent interglacial was controlled by essentially the same processes as during the last 24 000 years, but with different phasing and magnitudes. Furthermore, a 5000 years lag in the CO2 decline relative to EDC temperatures is confirmed during the glacial inception at the end of MIS 5.5 (120 000 years BP). Based on our isotopic data this lag can be explained by terrestrial carbon release and carbonate compensation.

  • Open Access English
    Authors: 
    Morris, K. J.; Herrera, S.; Gubili, C.; Tyler, P. A.; Rogers, A.; Hauton, C.;
    Project: EC | HERMIONE (226354)

    Despite being an abundant group of significant ecological importance the phylogenetic relationships of the Octocorallia remain poorly understood and very much understudied. We used 1132 bp of two mitochondrial protein-coding genes, nad2 and mtMutS (previously referred to as msh1), to construct a phylogeny for 161 octocoral specimens from the Atlantic, including both Isididae and non-Isididae species. We found that four clades were supported using a concatenated alignment. Two of these (A and B) were in general agreement with the of Holaxonia–Alcyoniina and Anthomastus–Corallium clades identified by previous work. The third and fourth clades represent a split of the Calcaxonia–Pennatulacea clade resulting in a clade containing the Pennatulacea and a small number of Isididae specimens and a second clade containing the remaining Calcaxonia. When individual genes were considered nad2 largely agreed with previous work with MtMutS also producing a fourth clade corresponding to a split of Isididae species from the Calcaxonia–Pennatulacea clade. It is expected these difference are a consequence of the inclusion of Isisdae species that have undergone a gene inversion in the mtMutS gene causing their separation in the MtMutS only tree. The fourth clade in the concatenated tree is also suspected to be a result of this gene inversion, as there were very few Isidiae species included in previous work tree and thus this separation would not be clearly resolved. A~larger phylogeny including both Isididae and non Isididae species is required to further resolve these clades.

  • Authors: 
    Jessen Gerdhard L; Lichtschlag Anna; Struck Ulrich; Boetius Antje;
    Project: EC | HYPOX (226213)
  • Open Access English
    Authors: 
    Provoost, P.; Heuven, S.; Soetaert, K.; Laane, R. W. P. M.; Middelburg, J. J.;
    Project: EC | EPOCA (211384)

    Recent observations and modelling studies suggest that biogeochemical changes can mask atmospheric CO2-induced pH decreases. Data collected by the Dutch monitoring authorities in different coastal systems (North Sea, Wadden Sea, Ems-Dollard, Eastern Scheldt and Scheldt estuary) since 1975 provide an excellent opportunity to test whether this is the case in the Dutch coastal zone. The time-series were analysed using Multi-Resolution Analysis (MRA) which resulted in the identification of system-dependent patterns on both seasonal and intra-annual time scales. The observed rates of pH change greatly exceed those expected from enhanced CO2 uptake, thus suggesting that other biogeochemical processes, possibly related to changes in nutrient loading, can play a dominant role in ocean acidification.

  • Open Access English
    Authors: 
    Felden, Janine; Wenzhöfer, Frank; Boetius, Antje;
    Publisher: PANGAEA
    Project: EC | HERMIONE (226354)

    The Hakon Mosby Mud Volcano is a highly active methane seep hosting different chemosynthetic communities such as thiotrophic bacterial mats and siboglinid tubeworm assemblages. This study focuses on in situ measurements of methane fluxes to and from these different habitats, in comparison to benthic methane and oxygen consumption rates. By quantifying in situ oxygen, methane, and sulfide fluxes in different habitats, a spatial budget covering areas of 10-1000 -m diameter was established. The range of dissolved methane efflux (770-2 mmol m-2 d-1) from the center to the outer rim was associated with a decrease in temperature gradients from 46°C to < 1°C m-1, indicating that spatial variations in fluid flow control the distribution of benthic habitats and activities. Accordingly, total oxygen uptake (TOU) varied between the different habitats by one order of magnitude from 15 mmol m-2 d-1 to 161 mmol m-2 d-1. High fluid flow rates appeared to suppress benthic activities by limiting the availability of electron acceptors. Accordingly, the highest TOU was associated with the lowest fluid flow and methane efflux. This was most likely due to the aerobic oxidation of methane, which may be more relevant as a sink for methane as previously considered in submarine ecosystems.

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  • Open Access
    Authors: 
    Frosini, Luca; Pieve, Alessandro;
    Publisher: Zenodo
    Project: EC | AGINFRA PLUS (731001), EC | D4SCIENCE-II (239019), EC | EUBRAZILOPENBIO (288754), EC | IMARINE (283644), EC | D4SCIENCE (212488), EC | ENVRI (283465), EC | EGI-Engage (654142), EC | SoBigData (654024), EC | ENVRI PLUS (654182), EC | PARTHENOS (654119),...

    The gCube System - Accounting Aggregator -------------------------------------------------- Accounting Aggregator Smart Executor Plugin This software is part of the gCube Framework (https://www.gcube-system.org/): an open-source software toolkit used for building and operating Hybrid Data Infrastructures enabling the dynamic deployment of Virtual Research Environments by favouring the realisation of reuse oriented policies. The projects leading to this software have received funding from a series of European Union programmes including: * the Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development - DILIGENT (grant no. 004260); * the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration - D4Science (grant no. 212488), D4Science-II (grant no. 239019),ENVRI (grant no. 283465), EUBrazilOpenBio (grant no. 288754), iMarine (grant no. 283644); * the H2020 research and innovation programme - BlueBRIDGE (grant no. 675680), EGIEngage (grant no. 654142), ENVRIplus (grant no. 654182), Parthenos (grant no. 654119), SoBigData (grant no. 654024); Version -------------------------------------------------- 1.2.0-4.8.0-154717 (2017-12-01) Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes. Authors -------------------------------------------------- * Alessandro Pieve (alessandro.pieve-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy). * Luca Frosini (luca.frosini-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy). Maintainers ----------- * Luca Frosini (luca.frosini-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy). Download information -------------------------------------------------- Source code is available from SVN: https://svn.research-infrastructures.eu/public/d4science/gcube/trunk/accounting/accounting-aggregator-se-plugin Binaries can be downloaded from the gCube website: https://www.gcube-system.org/ Installation -------------------------------------------------- Installation documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki: https://wiki.gcube-system.org/gcube/index.php/SmartExecutor Documentation -------------------------------------------------- Documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki: https://wiki.gcube-system.org/gcube/index.php/SmartExecutor Support -------------------------------------------------- Bugs and support requests can be reported in the gCube issue tracking tool: https://support.d4science.org/projects/gcube/ Licensing -------------------------------------------------- This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.

  • Open Access
    Authors: 
    Alexandros Antoniadis; Gerasimos Farantatos;
    Publisher: Zenodo
    Project: EC | D4SCIENCE-II (239019), EC | ENVRI (283465), EC | EUBRAZILOPENBIO (288754), EC | IMARINE (283644), EC | D4SCIENCE (212488), EC | BlueBRIDGE (675680), EC | PARTHENOS (654119), EC | EGI-Engage (654142), EC | SoBigData (654024), EC | ENVRI PLUS (654182)

    The gCube System - resourceregistry-configuration-index -------------------------------------------------- ResourceRegistry Configuration Index This software is part of the gCube Framework (https://www.gcube-system.org/): an open-source software toolkit used for building and operating Hybrid Data Infrastructures enabling the dynamic deployment of Virtual Research Environments by favouring the realisation of reuse oriented policies. The projects leading to this software have received funding from a series of European Union programmes including: * the Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development - DILIGENT (grant no. 004260); * the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration - D4Science (grant no. 212488), D4Science-II (grant no. 239019),ENVRI (grant no. 283465), EUBrazilOpenBio (grant no. 288754), iMarine (grant no. 283644); * the H2020 research and innovation programme - BlueBRIDGE (grant no. 675680), EGIEngage (grant no. 654142), ENVRIplus (grant no. 654182), Parthenos (grant no. 654119), SoBigData (grant no. 654024); Version -------------------------------------------------- 1.0.3-4.2.0-126435 (2016-12-16) Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes. Authors -------------------------------------------------- * Gerasimos Farantatos (g.farantatos-AT-di.uoa.gr), University of Athens, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications. * Alexandros Antoniadis (a.antoniadis-AT-di.uoa.gr), University of Athens, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications. Maintainers ----------- Download information -------------------------------------------------- Source code is available from SVN: http://svn.research-infrastructures.eu/public/d4science/gcube/branches/resource-registry/ResourceRegistry-configuration-index/1.0/ResourceRegistry-configuration-index Binaries can be downloaded from the gCube website: https://www.gcube-system.org/ Installation -------------------------------------------------- Installation documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki: https://wiki.gcube-system.org/gcube/index.php Documentation -------------------------------------------------- Documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki: https://wiki.gcube-system.org/gcube/index.php Support -------------------------------------------------- Bugs and support requests can be reported in the gCube issue tracking tool: https://support.d4science.org/projects/gcube/ Licensing -------------------------------------------------- This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.

  • Open Access English
    Authors: 
    Holcomb, Michael; McCorkle, Daniel C; Cohen, Anne L;
    Publisher: PANGAEA
    Project: EC | EPOCA (211384)

    Zooxanthellate colonies of the scleractinian coral Astrangia poculata were grown under combinations of ambient and elevated nutrients (5 µM NO, 0.3 µM PO4, and 2nM Fe) and CO2 (780 ppmv) treatments for a period of 6 months. Coral calcification rates, estimated from buoyant weights, were not significantly affected by moderately elevated nutrients at ambient CO2 and were negatively affected by elevated CO2 at ambient nutrient levels. However, calcification by corals reared under elevated nutrients combined with elevated CO2 was not significantly different from that of corals reared under ambient conditions, suggesting that CO2 enrichment can lead to nutrient limitation in zooxanthellate corals. A conceptual model is proposed to explain how nutrients and CO2 interact to control zooxanthellate coral calcification. Nutrient limited corals are unable to utilize an increase in dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) as nutrients are already limiting growth, thus the effect of elevated CO2 on saturation state drives the calcification response. Under nutrient replete conditions, corals may have the ability to utilize more DIC, thus the calcification response to CO2 becomes the product of a negative effect on saturation state and a positive effect on gross carbon fixation, depending upon which dominates, the calcification response can be either positive or negative. This may help explain how the range of coral responses found in different studies of ocean acidification can be obtained.

  • Authors: 
    Beaufort Luc; Probert Ian; de Garidel-Thoron Thibault; Bendif E M; Ruiz-Pino Diana; Metzi N; Goyet Catherine; Buchet Noëlle; Coupel P; Grelaud Michaël; +3 more
    Project: EC | EPOCA (211384)
  • Authors: 
    Russell Bayden D; Thompson Jo-Anne I; Falkenberg Laura J; Connell Sean D;
    Project: EC | EPOCA (211384)
  • Open Access
    Authors: 
    Schneider, Robert; Schmitt, Jochen; Koehler, Peter; Joos, Fortunat; Fischer, Hubertus;
    Project: EC | PAST4FUTURE (243908), SNSF | Climate and Environmental... (147174)

    The reconstruction of the stable carbon isotope evolution in atmospheric CO2 (d13Catm ), as archived in Antarctic ice cores, bears the potential to disentangle the contributions of the different carbon cycle fluxes causing past CO2 variations. Here we present a new record of d13Catm before, during and after the Marine Isotope Stage 5.5 (155 000 to 105 000 years BP). The record was derived with a well established sublimation method using ice from the EPICA Dome C (EDC) and the Talos Dome ice cores in East Antarctica. We find a 0.4 permil shift to heavier values between the mean d13Catm level in the Penultimate (~ 140 000 years BP) and Last Glacial Maximum (~ 22 000 years BP), which can be explained by either (i) changes in the isotopic composition or (ii) intensity of the carbon input fluxes to the combined ocean/atmosphere carbon reservoir or (iii) by long-term peat buildup. Our isotopic data suggest that the carbon cycle evolution along Termination II and the subsequent interglacial was controlled by essentially the same processes as during the last 24 000 years, but with different phasing and magnitudes. Furthermore, a 5000 years lag in the CO2 decline relative to EDC temperatures is confirmed during the glacial inception at the end of MIS 5.5 (120 000 years BP). Based on our isotopic data this lag can be explained by terrestrial carbon release and carbonate compensation.

  • Open Access English
    Authors: 
    Morris, K. J.; Herrera, S.; Gubili, C.; Tyler, P. A.; Rogers, A.; Hauton, C.;
    Project: EC | HERMIONE (226354)

    Despite being an abundant group of significant ecological importance the phylogenetic relationships of the Octocorallia remain poorly understood and very much understudied. We used 1132 bp of two mitochondrial protein-coding genes, nad2 and mtMutS (previously referred to as msh1), to construct a phylogeny for 161 octocoral specimens from the Atlantic, including both Isididae and non-Isididae species. We found that four clades were supported using a concatenated alignment. Two of these (A and B) were in general agreement with the of Holaxonia–Alcyoniina and Anthomastus–Corallium clades identified by previous work. The third and fourth clades represent a split of the Calcaxonia–Pennatulacea clade resulting in a clade containing the Pennatulacea and a small number of Isididae specimens and a second clade containing the remaining Calcaxonia. When individual genes were considered nad2 largely agreed with previous work with MtMutS also producing a fourth clade corresponding to a split of Isididae species from the Calcaxonia–Pennatulacea clade. It is expected these difference are a consequence of the inclusion of Isisdae species that have undergone a gene inversion in the mtMutS gene causing their separation in the MtMutS only tree. The fourth clade in the concatenated tree is also suspected to be a result of this gene inversion, as there were very few Isidiae species included in previous work tree and thus this separation would not be clearly resolved. A~larger phylogeny including both Isididae and non Isididae species is required to further resolve these clades.

  • Authors: 
    Jessen Gerdhard L; Lichtschlag Anna; Struck Ulrich; Boetius Antje;
    Project: EC | HYPOX (226213)
  • Open Access English
    Authors: 
    Provoost, P.; Heuven, S.; Soetaert, K.; Laane, R. W. P. M.; Middelburg, J. J.;
    Project: EC | EPOCA (211384)

    Recent observations and modelling studies suggest that biogeochemical changes can mask atmospheric CO2-induced pH decreases. Data collected by the Dutch monitoring authorities in different coastal systems (North Sea, Wadden Sea, Ems-Dollard, Eastern Scheldt and Scheldt estuary) since 1975 provide an excellent opportunity to test whether this is the case in the Dutch coastal zone. The time-series were analysed using Multi-Resolution Analysis (MRA) which resulted in the identification of system-dependent patterns on both seasonal and intra-annual time scales. The observed rates of pH change greatly exceed those expected from enhanced CO2 uptake, thus suggesting that other biogeochemical processes, possibly related to changes in nutrient loading, can play a dominant role in ocean acidification.

  • Open Access English
    Authors: 
    Felden, Janine; Wenzhöfer, Frank; Boetius, Antje;
    Publisher: PANGAEA
    Project: EC | HERMIONE (226354)

    The Hakon Mosby Mud Volcano is a highly active methane seep hosting different chemosynthetic communities such as thiotrophic bacterial mats and siboglinid tubeworm assemblages. This study focuses on in situ measurements of methane fluxes to and from these different habitats, in comparison to benthic methane and oxygen consumption rates. By quantifying in situ oxygen, methane, and sulfide fluxes in different habitats, a spatial budget covering areas of 10-1000 -m diameter was established. The range of dissolved methane efflux (770-2 mmol m-2 d-1) from the center to the outer rim was associated with a decrease in temperature gradients from 46°C to < 1°C m-1, indicating that spatial variations in fluid flow control the distribution of benthic habitats and activities. Accordingly, total oxygen uptake (TOU) varied between the different habitats by one order of magnitude from 15 mmol m-2 d-1 to 161 mmol m-2 d-1. High fluid flow rates appeared to suppress benthic activities by limiting the availability of electron acceptors. Accordingly, the highest TOU was associated with the lowest fluid flow and methane efflux. This was most likely due to the aerobic oxidation of methane, which may be more relevant as a sink for methane as previously considered in submarine ecosystems.