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 …

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 …

Pioneering deep-sea surveys established that the fauna of the continental margins is zoned
in the sense that individual species and assemblages occupy restricted depth bands. It has …

Members of the Asteroidea (phylum Echinodermata), popularly known as starfish or sea
stars, are ecologically important and diverse members of marine ecosystems in all of the …

Abstract Beazley, LI, Kenchington EL, Murillo, FJ, and Sacau, M. 2013. Deep-sea sponge
grounds enhance diversity and abundance of epibenthic megafauna in the Northwest …

Accelerated exploration of minerals in the deep sea over the past decade has raised the
likelihood that commercial mining of the deep seabed will commence in the near future …

Bathymetric gradients of biodiversity in the deep-sea benthos constitute a major class of
large-scale biogeographic phenomena. They are typically portrayed and interpreted as …

Microbial eukaryotes (nematodes, protists, fungi, etc., loosely referred to as meiofauna) are
ubiquitous in marine sediments and probably play pivotal roles in maintaining ecosystem …

Aim Latitudinal and bathymetric species diversity gradients in the deep sea have been
identified, but studies have rarely considered these gradients across hard substratum …

Bathymetric biodiversity patterns of marine benthic invertebrates and demersal fishes have
been identified in the extant fauna of the deep continental margins. Depth zonation is …