Into the Abyss: Discovering Deep Sea Chemosynthetic Oases 🌊

Deep Sea Chemosynthetic Oases Full Movie. Exploring hydrothermal vents, cold-seep habitats, and food-falls including whale-falls and the communities at shipwrecks. This is the full version of my 3-part Deep Sea Chemosynthesis miniseries.

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Individual Episode Links:
Part 1 | Hydrothermal vents: https://youtu.be/ECBbAjoEHWI
Part 2 | Deep-Sea Cold Seeps: https://youtu.be/y2a9LJ3ZqAM
Part 3 | Deep-Sea Food Falls: https://youtu.be/rLGOtKHy06o

00:00:00 - Introduction to Chemosynthetic Oases
00:02:00 - Chapter 1.1 - Hydrothermal Vents | Primary Production
00:07:57 - Chapter 1.2 - Hydrothermal Vents | Vent Communities
00:17:38 - Chapter 2.1 - Cold Seeps | Geological Origins
00:25:44 - Chapter 2.2 - Cold Seeps | Seep Varieties
00:38:50 - Chapter 3.1 - Food Falls | Whale-Falls and Carrion
00:45:18 - Chapter 3.2 - Food Falls | Wood-Falls and Shipwrecks
00:58:09 - Outro

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Written, Narrated and Edited by Leo Richards

Music Used: I can't fit it all here, but lists of all tracks used, in order of appearance, can be found in the video descriptions of the individual episodes. See the links above to view.

I do not own any of the footage. I write the script, narrate, and edit what footage I can find, which is allowed due to YouTube's 'Fair Use' policy as these films are transformative and for educational purposes. Majority of footage is obtained through footage requests to the respective organisations.

Footage used belongs to the incredible marine conservation societies of Ocean Networks Canada, CSSF-ROPOS, Schmidt Ocean Institute, MBARI, WHOI and the Ocean Exploration Institute, along with various other YouTube sources. Most footage is used with explicit permission of the copyright owner. In cases where I cannot contact the owner or have not received a reply, I use certain clips in accordance with the Fair Use policy.

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