The Evolutionary Ecology of Animals Inhabiting Hydrogen Sulfide–Rich Environments

摘要: Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a respiratory toxicant that creates extreme environments tolerated by few organisms. H2S also produced endogenously metazoans and plays role in cell signaling. The mechanisms of toxicity its physiological functions serve as basis to discuss the multifarious strategies allow animals survive H2S-rich environments. Despite their toxicity, provide ecological opportunities, complex selective regimes covarying abiotic biotic factors drive trait evolution organisms inhabiting Furthermore, adaptation can speciation, giving rise biodiversity hot spots with high levels endemism deep-sea hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, freshwater springs. diversity inhabitants provides ideal systems for comparative studies effects clear-cut source selection across vast geographic phylogenetic scales, ultimat...