Climate change manifestation in the ocean, through warming, oxygen loss, increasing
acidification, and changing particulate organic carbon flux (one metric of altered food …

Human activity puts our oceans under multiple stresses, whose impacts are already
significantly affecting biodiversity and physicochemical properties. Consequently, there is an …

Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from
imagery [PeerJ] Related research Download Share X Facebook Email PEER-REVIEWED Towards …

The Irish–Scottish margin is geologically and oceanographically heterogeneous. Source
waters of subpolar and subtropical origin interact with banks, seamounts, submarine canyon …

Marine spatial management requires accurate data on species and habitat distributions. For
the deep sea, these data are lacking. Habitat suitability modelling offers a robust defensible …

Identifying and understanding environmental drivers of deep-sea sponge aggregations is
critical for effective protection and management. Current literature suggests an association …

Sponges play vital roles in the ecosystem function of the deep sea. Some species, such as
the birds' nest sponge Pheronema carpenteri, can form highly structured and dense habitats …

Hard and mixed seafloor substrates are an important benthic habitat in coastal northern
Norway and they are known to be colonized by relatively diverse communities of sessile …

The study of larval dispersal and connectivity between deep-sea populations is essential for
the effective conservation and management of deep-sea environments and the design and …

Larvae from many marine coastal species deploy ecological strategies that promote their
arrival to geographically close or distant populations. Some larvae adjust their vertical …