Science. 1984 Dec 21;226(4681):1451-4. doi: 10.1126/science.226.4681.1451.
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities exhibit an array of reproductive strategies. Although a few vent species undergo planktotrophic, high-dispersal modes of development, most exhibit relatively low dispersal, but probably free-swimming nonplanktotrophic development. This predominance of nonplanktotrophy may be largely a reflection of phylogenetic constraints on the vent colonizing taxa; intervent dispersal among these forms may be facilitated by reduced developmental rates in the cold abyssal waters away from the vents. It is proposed that for those vent species with nonplanktotrophic development, larval dispersal is a stepwise process with oceanic ridge axes serving as discrete dispersal corridors.
深海热液喷口群落表现出一系列生殖策略。尽管少数喷口物种经历了浮游、高扩散的发育模式，但大多数物种的扩散能力相对较低，但可能具有自由游动的非浮游发育。这种非浮游发育的优势可能在很大程度上反映了对喷口定居分类群的系统发育限制；这些形式之间的喷口间扩散可能通过在远离喷口的寒冷深海中降低发育速度来促进。有人提出，对于那些具有非浮游发育的喷口物种，幼虫的扩散是一个逐步的过程，海洋脊轴作为离散的扩散走廊。
