[HTML][HTML] Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining

DJ Amon, S Gollner, T Morato, CR Smith, C Chen… - Marine Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
A comprehensive understanding of the deep-sea environment and mining's likely impacts is
necessary to assess whether and under what conditions deep-seabed mining operations …

Advances of marine biogeography in China: species distribution model and its applications

Y Dong, M Bao, J Cheng, Y Chen, J Du… - Biodiversity …, 2024 - biodiversity-science.net
Background & Aim: Marine biogeography is a subject investigating the spatiotemporal
distributions of marine organisms and the processes and drivers of changes in species …

[HTML][HTML] Active hydrothermal vent ecosystems in the Indian Ocean are in need of protection

N van der Most, PY Qian, Y Gao… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields are among the most pristine and remarkable ecosystems
on Earth. They are fueled by microbial chemosynthesis, harbor unique life and can be …

Delineating biogeographic regions in Indian Ocean deep‐sea vents and implications for conservation

Y Zhou, C Chen, D Zhang, Y Wang… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The pattern of biodiversity and biogeography is crucial to informing management and
conservation strategy. But a lack of study across multiple ridge systems, especially for the …

Assessing the extinction risk of insular, understudied marine species

EA Thomas, M Böhm, C Pollock, C Chen… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrothermal vents are rare deep‐sea oases that house faunal assemblages with a similar
density of life as coral reefs. Only approximately 600 of these hotspots are known worldwide …

Phylogenetic relationships and adaptation in deep-sea mussels: insights from mitochondrial genomes

K Zhang, J Sun, T Xu, JW Qiu, PY Qian - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) are an excellent source of information for
phylogenetic and evolutionary studies, but their application in marine invertebrates is …

A global red list for hydrothermal vent molluscs

EA Thomas, A Molloy, NB Hanson, M Böhm… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With the accelerating development of direct and indirect anthropogenic threats, including
climate change and pollution as well as extractive industries such as deep-sea mining, there …

Endosymbiont population genomics sheds light on transmission mode, partner specificity, and stability of the scaly-foot snail holobiont

Y Lan, J Sun, C Chen, H Wang, Y **ao… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The scaly-foot snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum) inhabiting deep-sea hydrothermal vents in
the Indian Ocean relies on its sulphur-oxidising gammaproteobacterial endosymbionts for …

Size speciation of dissolved trace metals in hydrothermal plumes on the Southwest Indian Ridge

Z Fang, WX Wang - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Determining the size speciation and chemical transformation of trace metals is of paramount
in order to better assess the impact of hydrothermal activities on the ocean metal budgets. In …

Diversity and biogeography of scale worms in the subfamily Lepidonotopodinae (Annelida: Polynoidae) from Indian Ocean hydrothermal vents with descriptions of …

Y Han, Y Zhou, C Chen, Y Wang - Zoological Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Lepidonotopodinae is a subfamily of Polynoidae endemic to deep-sea chemosynthetic
ecosystems around the world. Nevertheless, their species composition and phylogeny have …