The Trench Biosphere at the Bottom of the Ocean: Progress and Challenges provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of the trench biosphere, examining the geological and physiochemical constraints on trench microorganisms (bacteria, archaea, fungi) and fauna, along with their molecular adaptation mechanisms to extreme conditions. Edited by experts in the field, the book addresses the presence of emerging and legacy environmental pollutants in trenches, state-of-the-art technologies and devices for sampling and analysis, and introduces a big-data platform for curating biological, genetic, and natural product resources in hadal trenches. A necessary guide for students and researchers in the field of Environmental Science, this book provides the latest information on biological processes and the biological and genetic resources found in the deep ocean.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. The trench biosphere at the bottom of the ocean: Issues and challenges
2. Geological, Physical, and Chemical Limits to the Trench Biosphere Trenches, serpentinization, and origin of life
3. Research progress on ocean circulation and its dynamics in hadal trenches
4. On the edge of the trench biosphere? Molecular evolution mechanisms of multicellular organisms adapting to the trench environment
5. Microbial life processes and adaptation strategies
6. Microbial biofilms at the bottom of the ocean
7. Microbial adaptation to hydrostatic pressure: A transcriptomic analysis
8. Microbial Diversity and Biogeochemical Processes Identification of functional microorganisms in the Mariana Trench
9. Archaea diversity in the sediment of the Mariana and Mussau Trenches
10. Geochemical characterization of organic matter in hadal trench sediments: Insights into the food sources for hadal microorganisms
11. Carbon source, distribution and burial flux in global hadal trenches
12. Environmental Pollutants Emerging environmental pollutants in the trench biosphere and anthropogenic impacts
13. Legacy and emerging environmental pollutants in hadal trenches
14. Halogenated organic compounds in hadal trenches and microbial mediated coupled-cycling of carbon and halogens in the ocean
15. Microbial Synthesis of Secondary Metabolites Microbial production of secondary metabolites by Mariana Trench sediment fungi
16. Natural products from hadal microorganisms
17. Innovative Sampling and Measurement Technologies and Devices, and Data Platforms Pressure-retaining sampling and transfer devices
18. Microbial ectoenzyme activities measured under in-situ conditions reveals varied microbial activities with depth in the water column of the Challenger Deep
19. Basic theory and key technologies for deep-sea observation and exploration equipment and facilities
20. HADAL, a platform for curating and discovering microbiological and genetic resources and analyzing omics and environmental data of the ocean
21. Future Directions Studying the trench biosphere: Scientific and technological advances and applications
