The deep sea, the largest ecosystem on Earth and one of the least studied, harbours high
biodiversity and provides a wealth of resources. Although humans have used the oceans for …

In this review of seamount ecology, we address a number of key scientific issues concerning
the structure and function of benthic communities, human impacts, and seamount …

Increasing interest in deep-seabed mining has raised many questions surrounding its
potential environmental impacts and how to assess the impacts' significance. Under the …

" There are more coral species in deep, cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs. This broad-
ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water …

While there are many generalized schemes representing the biogeographic distribution of
life in the deep sea, reviewed here, a comprehensive analysis has not been undertaken …

Complex biogenic habitats formed by corals are important components of the megabenthos
of seamounts, but their fragility makes them susceptible to damage by bottom trawling. Here …

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 …

Aim Globally, species distribution patterns in the deep sea are poorly resolved, with spatial
coverage being sparse for most taxa and true absence data missing. Increasing human …

Because the nature, tempo and trajectories of biological changes that follow the cessation of
trawling are unknown for seamounts, it is unclear whether closing them to trawling will lead …

Invertebrates inhabiting marine and freshwater ecosystems make important contributions to
global biodiversity and provide significant services that have cascading effects across …