Submarine canyons are major geomorphic features of continental margins around the world.
Several recent multidisciplinary projects focused on the study of canyons have considerably …

Many fish species are threatened worldwide by overfishing, contamination, coastal
development, climate change, and other anthropogenic activities. Marine renewable energy …

The deep sea is often viewed as a vast, dark, remote, and inhospitable environment, yet the
deep ocean and seafloor are crucial to our lives through the services that they provide. Our …

Cold-water coral reefs and adjacent sponge grounds are distributed widely in the deep
ocean, where only a small fraction of the surface productivity reaches the seafloor as …

As the oceans absorb anthropogenic CO2 they become more acidic, a problem termed
ocean acidification (OA). Since this increase in CO2 is occurring rapidly, OA may have …

Cold-water coral reefs and sponge grounds are deep-sea biological hotspots, equivalent to
shallow-water tropical coral reefs. In tropical ecosystems, biodiversity and productivity are …

The world's oceans are the clearest example of how the common use of resources has led to
an intense and unknown degradation of large areas. The lack of a clear responsibility for …

A new cold-water coral (CWC) province has been identified in the Mediterranean Sea in the
Capo Spartivento canyon system offshore the southern coast of Sardinia. The 'Sardinia cold …

A framework to assess the impact of mobile fishing gear on the seabed and benthic
ecosystem is presented. The framework that can be used at regional and local scales …

Submarine canyons are associated with increased biodiversity, including cold-water coral
(CWC) colonies and reefs which are features of high conservation value that are under …