In an era of human activities, global environmental changes, habitat loss and species
extinction, conservation strategies are a crucial step toward minimizing biodiversity loss. For …

With increasing demand for mineral resources, extraction of polymetallic sulphides at
hydrothermal vents, cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts at seamounts, and polymetallic …

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 …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has emerged as a potentially powerful tool to
assess aquatic community structures. However, the method has hitherto lacked field tests …

Midwater animal biodiversity: Squid, fish, shrimp, copepods, medusa, filter-feeding jellies,
and marine worms are among the midwater creatures that could be affected by deep sea …

Seamounts are ecological oases nurturing abundant fisheries resources and epibenthic
megafauna in the vast oligotrophic ocean. Despite their significance, the formation …

Climate change is shifting the ranges of species. Simple predictive metrics of range shifts
such as climate velocity, that do not require extensive knowledge or data on individual …

In recent decades, many marine populations have experienced major declines in
abundance, but we still know little about where management interventions may help protect …

Seamounts and knolls are 'undersea mountains', the former rising more than 1000m from
the seafloor. These features provide important habitats for aquatic predators, demersal deep …

Marine ecosystem management has traditionally been divided between fisheries
management and biodiversity conservation approaches, and the merging of these disparate …