[HTML][HTML] Spatial distributions, environmental drivers and co-existence patterns of key cold-water corals in the deep sea of the Azores (NE Atlantic)

GH Taranto, JM González-Irusta… - Deep Sea Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Habitat-forming cold-water corals (CWCs) represent a key component of deep-sea benthic
communities and a priority target for conservation. Although research efforts have been …

Ensemble modelling to predict the distribution of vulnerable marine ecosystems indicator taxa on data‐limited seamounts of Cabo Verde (NW Africa)

B Vinha, FJ Murillo, M Schumacher… - Diversity and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Seamounts are conspicuous geological features with an important ecological role and
can be considered vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs). Since many deep‐sea regions …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting the distribution and abundance of abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in the deep sea of the Azores (North Atlantic)

EM Duncan, N Vieira, JM González-Irusta… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), represents a significant percentage of
the global plastic pollution, currently considered one of the major sources from sea-based …

Census of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of the Azores (NE Atlantic) with a nomenclature update

Í SAMPAIO, A FREIWALD, FP MORA, GUI MENEZES… - Zootaxa, 2019 - biotaxa.org
Zoological nomenclature revisions are essential for biodiversity studies and indispensable
to avoid naming and description of already described species and should be valued in all …

Diversity and biogeography of bathyal and abyssal seafloor bacteria and archaea along a Mediterranean—Atlantic Gradient

B Trouche, MI Brandt, C Belser, C Orejas… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Seafloor sediments cover the majority of planet Earth and microorganisms inhabiting these
environments play a central role in marine biogeochemical cycles. Yet, description of the …

Map** deep-sea biodiversity and good environmental status in the Azores: assisting with the implementation of EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive

GH Taranto - 2022 - search.proquest.com
One of the major shortfall of biodiversity knowledge steams from an incomplete description
of the geographical distribution of species. Overcoming this shortfall is essential for …

Map** deep-sea biodiversity and good environmental status in the Azores: assisng with the implementaon of EU Marine Strategy Framework Direcve

GH Taranto - 2023 - repositorio.uac.pt
One of the major shortfall of biodiversity knowledge steams from an incomplete description
of the geographical distribution of species. Overcoming this shortfall is essential for …