Characteristics of meiofauna in extreme marine ecosystems: a review

D Zeppilli, D Leduc, C Fontanier, D Fontaneto… - Marine Biodiversity, 2018 - Springer
Extreme marine environments cover more than 50% of the Earth's surface and offer many
opportunities for investigating the biological responses and adaptations of organisms to …

Review of recent trends in ecological studies of deep-sea meiofauna, with focus on patterns and processes at small to regional spatial scales

N Rosli, D Leduc, AA Rowden, PK Probert - Marine Biodiversity, 2018 - Springer
Meiofauna are an important component of deep-sea benthic communities because they are
highly abundant and play an important role in the sediment. This review describes trends in …

DNA metabarcoding of deep-sea sediment communities using COI: community assessment, spatio-temporal patterns and comparison with 18S rDNA

S Atienza, M Guardiola, K Præbel, A Antich, X Turon… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Among the complex ecosystems and habitats that form the deep sea, submarine canyons
and open slope systems are regarded as potential hotspots of biodiversity. We assessed the …

Phylogenetic and functional evidence suggests that deep-ocean ecosystems are highly sensitive to environmental change and direct human disturbance

OS Ashford, AJ Kenny… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
An understanding of the balance of interspecific competition and the physical environment in
structuring organismal communities is crucial because those communities structured …

Recovery of deep-sea meiofauna community in Kaikōura Canyon following an earthquake-triggered turbidity flow

KT Bigham, D Leduc, AA Rowden, DA Bowden… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Turbidity flows can transport massive amounts of sediment across large distances with
dramatic, long-lasting impacts on deep-sea benthic communities. The 2016 M w 7.8 …

Spatial distribution of sedimentation-rate increases in Blanes Canyon caused by technification of bottom trawling fleet

S Paradis, P Puig, A Sanchez-Vidal, P Masqué… - Progress in …, 2018 - Elsevier
A detailed study of 15 sediment cores from Blanes Canyon and its immediate surroundings
(NW Mediterranean Sea) was conducted to compare historic sedimentation rates and …

Investigating the environmental drivers of deep‐seafloor biodiversity: A case study of peracarid crustacean assemblages in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

OS Ashford, AJ Kenny, CRS Barrio Froján… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The deep‐sea benthos covers over 90% of seafloor area and hosts a great diversity of
species which contribute toward essential ecosystem services. Evidence suggests that deep …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of large increases in sedimentation rates due to fish trawling in submarine canyons of the Gulf of Palermo (SW Mediterranean)

S Paradis, CL Iacono, P Masqué, P Puig… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bottom trawling in submarine canyons can affect their natural sedimentation rates, but
studies addressing this issue are still scarce. In the Gulf of Palermo (SW Mediterranean) …

Microbial community structure and functionality in the deep sea floor: evaluating the causes of spatial heterogeneity in a submarine canyon system (NW …

S Roman, R Ortiz-Álvarez, C Romano… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Understanding community assembly and processes driving diversity in deep-sea
environments is a major challenge in marine microbial ecology. The deep sea represents …

Direct and deferred sediment-transport events and seafloor disturbance induced by trawling in submarine canyons

A Palanques, P Puig, J Martín, R Durán… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bottom trawling on marine environments can drastically modify seafloor geomorphology and
sedimentary dynamics not only on the fishing grounds but also in adjacent downslope …