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First Macro-Colonizers and Survivors Around Tagoro Submarine Volcano, Canary Islands, Spain See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330509338 First Macro-Colonizers and Survivors Around Tagoro Submarine Volcano, Canary Islands, Spain Article in Geosciences (Switzerland) · January 2019 DOI: 10.3390/geosciences9010052 CITATIONS READS 0 287 13 authors, including: Ana Sotomayor Jose L. Rueda Consejo Superior Investigaciones Científicas Instituto Español de Oceanografia 2 PUBLICATIONS 1 CITATION 151 PUBLICATIONS 1,022 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Olga Sánchez Guillamón Javier Urra Instituto Español de Oceanografia Instituto Español de Oceanografia 39 PUBLICATIONS 40 CITATIONS 87 PUBLICATIONS 368 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: ATLAS - A Trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe View project Canary Underwater Vulcanology (VULCANA) View project All content following this page was uploaded by Eugenio Fraile-Nuez on 20 January 2019. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. geosciences Article First Macro-Colonizers and Survivors Around Tagoro Submarine Volcano, Canary Islands, Spain Ana Sotomayor-García 1, José L. Rueda 2, Olga Sánchez-Guillamón 2 , Javier Urra 2, Juan T. Vázquez 2 , Desirée Palomino 2,3 , Luis M. Fernández-Salas 3 , Nieves López-González 2 , Marcos González-Porto 1, J. Magdalena Santana-Casiano 4, Melchor González-Dávila 4, Carmen Presas-Navarro 1 and E. Fraile-Nuez 1,* 1 Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias, 38180 Tenerife, Spain; [email protected] (A.S.-G.); [email protected] (M.G.-P.); [email protected] (C.P.-N.) 2 Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga, 29640 Fuengirola, Spain; [email protected] (J.L.R.); [email protected] (O.S.-G.); [email protected] (J.U.); [email protected] (J.T.V.); [email protected] (D.P.); [email protected] (N.L.-G.) 3 Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz, 11006 Cádiz, Spain; [email protected] 4 Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas, Spain; [email protected] (J.M.S.-C.); [email protected] (M.G.-D.) * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +34-922-54-94-00 Received: 30 November 2018; Accepted: 15 January 2019; Published: 19 January 2019 Abstract: Tagoro, the youngest submarine volcano of the Canary Islands, erupted in 2011 South of El Hierro Island. Pre-existing sea floor and inhabiting biological communities were buried by the newly erupted material, promoting the appearance of new habitats. The present study pursues to describe the first metazoans colonizing different new habitats formed during the eruption and to create precedent on this field. Through dredge and remote operated vehicle samplings, five main habitat types have been detected based on the substrate type and burial status after the eruption. Inside the Tagoro volcanic complex (TVC), two new habitats are located in and around the summit and main craters—hydrothermal vents with bacterial mats and sulfurous-like fields mainly colonized by small hydrozoan colonies. Two other habitats are located downslope the TVC; new hard substrate and new mixed substrate, holding the highest biodiversity of the TVC, especially at the mixed bottoms with annelids (Chloeia cf. venusta), arthropods (Monodaeus couchii and Alpheus sp.), cnidarians (Sertularella cf. tenella), and molluscs (Neopycnodonte cochlear) as the first colonizers. An impact evaluation was done comparing the communities of those habitats with the complex and well-established community described at the stable hard substrate outside the TVC, which is constituted of highly abundant hydrozoans (Aglaophenia sp.), antipatharians (Stichopates setacea and Antipathes furcata), and colonizing epibionts (e.g., Neopycnodonte cochlear). Three years after the eruption, species numbers at Tagoro were still low compared to those occurring at similar depths outside the TVC. The first dominant species at the TVC included a large proportion of common suspension feeders of the circalittoral and bathyal hard bottoms of the area, which could have exploited the uncolonized hard bottoms and the post eruptive fertilization of water masses. Keywords: hydrothermal vents; submarine volcano; first colonizers; benthos; Tagoro; El Hierro; Canary Islands 1. Introduction The majority of Earth’s volcanic activity occurs beneath the sea, and oceanic intraplate volcanism represents an important fraction of this phenomenon [1]. There are thousands of seamounts throughout Geosciences 2019, 9, 52; doi:10.3390/geosciences9010052 www.mdpi.com/journal/geosciences Geosciences 2018, 8, x FOR PEER REVIEW 2 of 22 1. Introduction The majority of Earth’s volcanic activity occurs beneath the sea, and oceanic intraplate Geosciences 2019, 9, 52 2 of 21 volcanism represents an important fraction of this phenomenon [1]. There are thousands of seamounts throughout the deep ocean that are by majority extinct volcanoes [2]. The Canary Islands theare deepa volcanic ocean alignment that are by of majority eight islands, extinct volcanoescomposing [2 an]. The East–West Canary Islandstrending are archipelago a volcanic alignmentlocated to ofthe eight Northwest islands, of composingthe African continent an East–West [3,4] (Figure trending 1A). archipelago In October located 2011, a tosubmarine the Northwest eruption of took the Africanplace south continent of El Hierro [3,4] (Figure Island 1onA). the In border October of 2011,the Natural a submarine Reserve eruption “Punta de took la placeRestinga—Mar south of Elde Hierrolas Calmas” Island (27°37 on the′07″ border N–017°59 of′ the28″ W, Natural Figures Reserve 1B). The “Punta eruption de lacovered Restinga—Mar a pre-existing de lasunderwater Calmas” (27gully◦37 0with07” N–017basaltic◦59 lava028” (Figure W, Figure 1C),1 B).creating The eruption the youngest covered shallowest a pre-existing submarine underwater volcano gullyof the withCanary basaltic Archipelago, lava (Figure Tagoro1C), creating (Figure the youngest1D). This shallowest led to submarinenumerous volcanomulti-faceted of the Canary novel Archipelago,studies—geological, Tagoro physical, (Figure1 D).chemical, This led and to biological numerous [5–9]—that multi-faceted are producing novel studies—geological, exciting results to physical,date. Significant chemical, anomalies and biological in temperature [5–9]—that (>+18.8 are °C), producing pHT (ΔpH exciting up to −2.9 results units), to and date. concentration Significant ◦ anomaliesof the reduced in temperature species were (>+18.8 observedC), South pHT (D ofpH El upHierro to − 2.9Island units), during and the concentration first weeks, of resulting the reduced in a speciesdecrease were in the observed oxidation South potential of El Hierro (ORP, Island from during0.2 V to the −0.03 first V) weeks, as well resulting as an enrichment in a decrease of inFe(II) the oxidation(>50 µmol potential kg−1) and (ORP, inorganic from 0.2 nutrients. V to −0.03 As V) a asconsequenc well as ane, enrichment the eruption of Fe(II) generated (>50 µ molan episode kg−1) and of inorganicnatural ocean nutrients. acidification As a consequence, and fertilization the eruption [10]. generatedUnlike the an detailed episode study of natural on oceanphysical–chemical acidification andparameters fertilization of the [10 water]. Unlike column the detailedafter the study eruptive on physical–chemicalprocess [6,10–12], parametersno study has of yet the focused water column on the aftersurvival the and eruptive colonization process by [6, 10marine–12], nobenthic study and has demersal yet focused species on the at survivalthe newly and formed colonization submarine by marinevolcano. benthic and demersal species at the newly formed submarine volcano. Figure 1.1. OverviewOverview bathymetric maps of the studystudy area.area. (A)) GeographicalGeographical locationlocation of thethe ElEl HierroHierro IslandIsland atat the the Canary Canary Islands Islands (Northeast, (Northeast, NE, NE, Atlantic Atlantic Ocean); Ocean); (B) Study(B) Study area locationarea location south ofsouth El Hierro of El Island;Hierro (Island;C) Pre-eruption (C) Pre-eruption topography topography of the study of the area study where area the pre-eruptionwhere the pre-eruption gully is highlighted; gully is (highlighted;D) Bathymetric (D) mapBathymetric of the Tagoro map of volcano. the Tagoro volcano. Tagoro is one of the Earth’s shallowest submarine volcanoes being monitored and represents an ideal natural observatory for understanding the immediate and long-term impacts of volcanic Geosciences 2019, 9, 52 3 of 21 eruptions, and their related hydrothermal fields in different ecosystem compartments. Geological natural phenomena have important impacts on marine environments; therefore, studying volcanic hazards over different ecosystems contributes valuable information on nature’s behavior. The Canary archipelago plays an important role as a natural laboratory for studying the biogeography and evolution of species, due to its geographical location and oceanographic characteristics in the Eastern North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre [13–15]. The islands edifices act as an oasis for sustaining life in the open ocean, and as an important corridor for species’ dispersion and colonization of further new habitats [16]. Planktonic larvae dispersion has been identified as one of the main processes permitting new habitat
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