#deep-sea ecosystems

[vmantras]

The Mariana Trench: Earth’s Deepest and Most Mysterious Place

Introduction The Mariana Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean, is the deepest known part of the world’s oceans. Stretching about 2,550 kilometers (1,580 miles) long and over 69 kilometers (43 miles) wide, this undersea chasm reaches depths of 10,994 meters (36,070 feet) at its lowest known point—the Challenger Deep. To put this into perspective: If Mount Everest (8,849 meters/29,032…

[marinememes]

When I die, I want them to throw my whole body in the ocean so I have a chance at becoming a human whale fall

[the-briny-bulletin]

Did you know that 4000 metres bellow the ocean there are chemosynthetic bacteria that are specifically evolved to digest the wood of trees that have grown on land?

The wood on the sea floor can come from trees that fall into lakes and end up in the ocean, or wooden ships that have sunken. (Called 'Wood-falls')

The reason why deep marine organisms are able to digest wood despite never seeing the light of day, let alone a plant - since plants are unable to grow in the deep ocean because of a lack of sunlight - is because the ocean is so isolated and scarce of food that when a new food source is suddenly available, organisms rapidly evolve to be able to eat it.

This is called 'Adaptive Radiation', and can also occur on isolated islands.

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 278

You know what I’ve gotten obsessed with and inspired by? Dredge. 

You know what is also fun? Merfolk. What’s even better? Lovecraftian corrupted merfolk. Especially if say, one goes with the Lazarus Waters being a form of ectoplasm. So, in this? Lazarus waters are like lakes, while Amity Park, thanks to the Portal, and the barriers? It is an entire sea. 

There are islands, small areas that were once the tips of buildings that have gathered more landmass around them. There are mangroves, trees not like anything on earth or anywhere else stretching up in canopies dark enough to block out the sun, yet lit by the green waters. 

It goes deep. Mariana Trench deep, despite it being impossible. The GIW have explored for caves or tunnels, they’ve tried to find some sort of explanation, but there isn’t one. 

Now all that ecto? That has an effect on people. They mutate, they change, they adapt. Anywhere else would have been a slow death- something the GIW might have even been counting on. But Amity Park? It was founded by witches, it was the hotspot for the supernatural, even before the Fentonwork Portal. They’ve been dealing with this sort of energy in microdoses from the moment they first began to live in the city in any generation. 

But they begin to adapt. Shift into something… other. Some stay contaminated, clinging to human forms as they form homes on the tiny islands, fishing and farming what they can. Others become Liminal, almost seeming to meld with fish, some similar to ones of the Living and others something just to the left. Similar yes, but not quite… right. And then there are those that have truly melded with the energy of the dead, forms torn asunder by it, ripped apart and made anew by it. 

The first sign back when the barrier was activated, when they could no longer leave and were trapped were the fish in the lake. And now they are the same, with gazes of something Else, with gnashing teeth and a hunger gnawing at where hearts once were. 

But they aren’t monsters. They’re still themselves. Just a little… Other now. 

[roseandgold137]

Everyone huddle around. Ok. Young justice ecology/environmental science/zoology/etc students au…

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

I hope you've leveled up to the max, little hero. I'm the final boss down here in the inferno.

Scaly-foot Snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum) AKA Volcano Snail

Hydrothermal vents about 2-3 kilometers under the Indian Ocean

Status: Endangered

Threats: Deep-sea mining

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Ever since I found this snail (which I officially dub Most Badass Snail on the earth), I've decided that they have to be the epic final boss level of... something. I even found their theme song.*

They are the only animal on Earth partially made of iron sulphides. Those gold parts? Literally pyrite. They hang out around deep-sea thermal vents that spew hot sulfur from the belly of the earth, soaking up those minerals to form literal iron armor scales over their foot.

So, like I said. Badass.

(Sorry, I got a little obsessed)

*I really enjoy this composer, by the way

[mjhartwork]

I made an inflatable sculpture of a hydrothermal vent, complete with tube worms and a starfish!

[marinemajesty1]

Did you know the ocean floor is more than just sand and silence? It's a mysterious realm filled with towering ridges, deep trenches, and unimaginable life! 🐠

🔹 Layers of Discovery From the shallow continental shelves to the deepest ocean trenches, every layer tells a story.

🔹 Life in the Abyss Meet the strange and glowing creatures thriving in darkness—nature's wonders! ✨

🔹 Hidden Riches Beneath the Waves The ocean floor holds treasures like rare minerals and even the veins of the internet! 🌐

🔹 The Importance of Conservation Protecting this unseen world is vital for our planet’s future. 🌎

Dive deeper into this fascinating topic by reading the full post here 👉 [https://marinemajesty.blogspot.com/2024/11/bed-of-ocean-world-beyond-imagination.html]

💬 Share your thoughts or your favorite fact about the ocean floor in the comments below! 🌊

[mediocrephd]

This is so cool! Finding animal life beneath hydrothermal vents is incredible! Some of the things they found in the underwater cave systems in earth's volcanic crust include snails and tube worms. These tube worms alongside chemosynthetic bacteria, use the hydrogen sulphide in the chemical plumes from thermal vents by oxidising it to create energy and sugars to survive. How cool is that?!

I think this article also really demonstrates how important it is to conserve and protect lesser known ecosystems and species.

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[the-briny-bulletin]

W h a l e f a l l

C.W: Whale corpses

When a whale carcass floats down to the ocean floor in the abyssal zone, it creates an ecosystem called a 'whalefall', where a variety of deep marine life can live and be sustained for over 50 years.

This ecosystem has 4 stages:

Mobile Scavengers Stage

The first stage is when scavengers from around the plain gather to feast on the whales flesh - Typically by hagfish and sleeper sharks - until there is just bone.

This stage can last for months or up to 1.5 years.

Enrichment Opportunists Stage

This stage is when smaller scavengers - such as octopuses, crustaceans and molluscs - gather around the whale looking for tissue and bits of carcass left over from the first stage. This is also when osedax (boneworms) arrive and comsume the community of bacteria that eat the bone lipids.

This stage can last months or up to 5 years.

Sulfophilic Stage

In this stage the majority of scavengers have left and in its place are the boneworms and the community of chemosynthetic bacteria that break down the lipids in the bones and produces sulphide that can be consumed by other organisms like worms or shrimp.

This stage can last over 50 years.

Reef Stage

The final stage is when all the consumable material have been exhausted and the leftover bone creates a hard surface for abyssal filter feeders to latch onto. A 'reef' of sorts.

Whalefalls are one of many essential food-falls that sustain life at the bottom of the ocean, and are p cool i think anyway im done w my autism rant goodbye

[meetinginsamarra]

Osedax worms are known to feed on the collagen itself by making holes in the whale's skeletal structure. These holes can also serve as a form of protection from nearby predators. Osedax is Latin for "bone-eater". It can grow up to three inches long.

Twitter and tiktok are like a coral reef

It’s loud and bright and productive and glamorous. It’s fast-paced and things cycle through the environment in hours. Everyone is trying to fight for their position in the food chain and stay Relevant. There are lots of pretty things to look at. If something gets Popular it has an impact on everything around it, for a brief time until the next big thing arrives. To an outside observer it’s chaos but to those involved it has order, reason, a Purpose.

Tumblr is like a deep-sea ecosystem.

Things are slow and weird. Memes bounce around for years and even decades. People exist in their little isolated hydrothermal vent communities of mutuals. Sometimes something big happens (suez canal, November 5th, Queen Lizzie kickin’ it) and we all gather around like a whale fall but for the most part we’re just snootling around in the sand doing whatever the fuck. Occasionally someone comes down and shines their flashlight around and immediately leaves and tells their friends about what freaky shit we have going on in the depths. We don’t care. We’re very busy talking about Our Friend Jonathan from a book published in the 1800s like worms slowly digesting the bones of a long-dead organism.

[quickboot]

[contradictivs]

you guys are lucky that ryder didn't pursue a degree or anything in marine biology because I know that if you were his friend/partner then? he's gonna corner u and be like that it's always sunny conspiracy board meme about random fucking fish

[neocurio]

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