%0 Journal Article %T Ecology and Biogeography of Free-Living Nematodes Associated with Chemosynthetic Environments in the Deep Sea: A Review %A Ann Vanreusel %A Annelies De Groote %A Sabine Gollner %A Monika Bright %J PLOS ONE %D 2012 %I Public Library of Science (PLoS) %R 10.1371/journal.pone.0012449 %X Here, insight is provided into the present knowledge on free-living nematodes associated with chemosynthetic environments in the deep sea. It was investigated if the same trends of high standing stock, low diversity, and the dominance of a specialized fauna, as observed for macro-invertebrates, are also present in the nematodes in both vents and seeps. %U http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0012449