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The 23 pages that link to Chemosynthesis, each with the reason it gives.

• PhotosynthesisCompared with: It fixes carbon without the light-energy input that defines photosynthesis.

• Benthic zoneRelated: It supports benthic communities where photosynthetic food does not reach.

• Hydrothermal ventRelated: Vent microbes use chemical energy to build the biomass supporting local food webs.

• Mid-ocean ridgeRelated: Discovered at Galápagos Ridge vents in 1977; the first ecosystem independent of photosynthesis.

• Primary productionRelated: It supports primary production where light is unavailable, especially around some hydrothermal vents.

• Deep-sea explorationRelated: Vent ecosystems showed that deep-sea life can thrive without photosynthesis.

• Deep-sea ecologyRelated: It supports communities where reduced chemicals provide energy without photosynthesis.

• Deep seaRelated: It supports communities where hydrothermal fluids provide chemical energy.

• ChemolithotrophyRelated: Chemolithotrophy can provide the energy that powers chemosynthetic biomass production.

• Abyssal zoneRelated: It supports local food webs where chemical-rich fluids reach the seafloor.

• Meromictic lakeRelated: Microbes can exploit chemical gradients in dark, oxygen-poor lake depths.

• BiosphereBroader topic: It supports ecosystems in dark environments where sunlight does not reach.

• Cave BiologyRelated: Chemosynthesis can support food webs in dark subterranean habitats.

• AutotrophBroader topic: Chemoautotrophs fix carbon using energy from inorganic chemical reactions.

• Deep-sea benthosRelated: It supports communities where seafloor fluids provide chemical energy instead of sinking food.

• Lōʻihi SeamountRelated: Microbes at the volcano’s vents can use chemical energy to support food webs.

• ZooxanthellaeCompared with: It supports some marine symbioses where sunlight-driven zooxanthellae cannot.

• Lost City Hydrothermal FieldNarrower topic: Microbes at Lost City can draw energy from hydrogen and other compounds in vent fluids.

• Marine benthic zoneRelated: It supports communities where vent and seep fluids provide chemical energy.

• Aphotic zoneCompared with: It supports some aphotic ecosystems where sunlight-driven production is absent.

• Kiwa hirsutaRelated: Microbes on its setae may use vent chemicals to make organic compounds.

• Deep-sea communityRelated: It supports communities around vents and seeps independently of surface photosynthesis.

• RiftiaRelated: Riftia’s symbiotic bacteria use chemical energy to fix carbon and supply nutrients.