The deep sea, the largest biome on Earth, has a series of characteristics that make this
environment both distinct from other marine and land ecosystems and unique for the entire …

The remote and hostile Southern Ocean is home to a diverse and rich community of life that
thrives in an environment dominated by glaciations and strong currents. Marine biological …

It is acknowledged that marine invertebrates produce bioactive natural products that may be
useful for develo** new drugs. By exploring untapped geographical sources and/or novel …

The oceans cover the majority of the Earth's surface; they influence our climate and provide
a valuable source of food to billions of people. Yet despite its fundamental impact on our …

Our knowledge of the biodiversity of the Southern Ocean (SO) deep benthos is scarce. In
this review, we describe the general biodiversity patterns of meio-, macro-and megafaunal …

The IPY sister-projects CAML and SCAR-MarBIN provided a timely opportunity, a strong
collaborative framework and an appropriate momentum to attempt assessing the “Known …

The Antarctic is unique, geographically, politically, and scientifically. It is the most remote,
hostile, and dangerous continent, while at the same time it is the most pristine and least …

Although biological work in the Southern Ocean extends back well over a century, studies in
the past two decades have changed significantly our understanding of the ecology, diversity …

This volume compiles a number of scientific papers resulting from a sustained
multidisciplinary research effort of the deep-sea ecosystem in the Mediterranean Sea. This …

Three expeditions were performed in the framework of ANDEEP (ANtarctic benthic DEEP-
sea biodiversity, colonisation history and recent community patterns) in order to understand …