Marine biodiversity, biogeography, deep-sea gradients, and conservation

MJ Costello, C Chaudhary - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
The oceans appear ideal for biodiversity—they have unlimited water, a large area, are well
connected, have less extreme temperatures than on land, and contain more phyla and …

Estimating dispersal distance in the deep sea: challenges and applications to marine reserves

A Hilário, A Metaxas, SM Gaudron… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Population connectivity refers to the exchange of individuals among populations: it affects
gene flow, regulates population size and function, and mitigates recovery from natural or …

[HTML][HTML] The deep-sea under global change

R Danovaro, C Corinaldesi, A Dell'Anno… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
The deep ocean encompasses 95% of the oceans' volume and is the largest and least
explored biome of Earth's Biosphere. New life forms are continuously being discovered. The …

The discovery of new deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities in the Southern Ocean and implications for biogeography

AD Rogers, PA Tyler, DP Connelly, JT Copley… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Since the first discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the Galápagos Rift in 1977,
numerous vent sites and endemic faunal assemblages have been found along mid-ocean …

Worldwide analysis of sedimentary DNA reveals major gaps in taxonomic knowledge of deep-sea benthos

F Sinniger, J Pawlowski, S Harii, AJ Gooday… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Deep-sea sediments represent the largest but least known ecosystem on earth. With
increasing anthropogenic pressure, it is now a matter of urgency to improve our …

Global diversity of marine isopods (except Asellota and crustacean symbionts)

GCB Poore, NL Bruce - 2012 - journals.plos.org
The crustacean order Isopoda (excluding Asellota, crustacean symbionts and freshwater
taxa) comprise 3154 described marine species in 379 genera in 37 families according to the …

A blueprint for an inclusive, global deep-sea ocean decade field program

KL Howell, A Hilário, AL Allcock, DM Bailey… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The ocean plays a crucial role in the functioning of the Earth System and in the provision of
vital goods and services. The United Nations (UN) declared 2021–2030 as the UN Decade …

Bathymetric evolution of black corals through deep time

J Horowitz, AM Quattrini, MR Brugler… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Deep-sea lineages are generally thought to arise from shallow-water ancestors, but this
hypothesis is based on a relatively small number of taxonomic groups. Anthozoans, which …

[HTML][HTML] Potential effects of deep seabed mining on pelagic and benthopelagic biota

B Christiansen, A Denda, S Christiansen - Marine Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental concerns were raised from the very onset of discussions concerning the
extraction of metalliferous ores from the deep sea, but most studies have targeted the …

Diversity and biogeography of bathyal and abyssal seafloor bacteria

C Bienhold, L Zinger, A Boetius, A Ramette - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The deep ocean floor covers more than 60% of the Earth's surface, and hosts diverse
bacterial communities with important functions in carbon and nutrient cycles. The …