Global observing needs in the deep ocean

LA Levin, BJ Bett, AR Gates, P Heimbach… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The deep ocean below 200 m water depth is the least observed, but largest habitat on our
planet by volume and area. Over 150 years of exploration has revealed that this dynamic …

[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity hotspots: A shortcut for a more complicated concept

C Marchese - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The location and protection status of Earth's diminishing marine wilderness

KR Jones, CJ Klein, BS Halpern, O Venter, H Grantham… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
As human activities increasingly threaten biodiversity [1, 2], areas devoid of intense human
impacts are vital refugia [3]. These wilderness areas contain high genetic diversity, unique …

Ecological variables for develo** a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

R Danovaro, E Fanelli, J Aguzzi, D Billett… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
The deep sea (> 200 m depth) encompasses> 95% of the world's ocean volume and
represents the largest and least explored biome on Earth (< 0.0001% of ocean surface), yet …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of seabed mining including the current state of development, environmental impacts, and knowledge gaps

KA Miller, KF Thompson, P Johnston… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Rising demand for minerals and metals, including for use in the technology sector, has led to
a resurgence of interest in exploration of mineral resources located on the seabed. Such …

Major impacts of climate change on deep-sea benthic ecosystems

AK Sweetman, AR Thurber, CR Smith, LA Levin… - Elem Sci …, 2017 - online.ucpress.edu
The deep sea encompasses the largest ecosystems on Earth. Although poorly known, deep
seafloor ecosystems provide services that are vitally important to the entire ocean and …

[HTML][HTML] The deep-sea under global change

R Danovaro, C Corinaldesi, A Dell'Anno… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
The deep ocean encompasses 95% of the oceans' volume and is the largest and least
explored biome of Earth's Biosphere. New life forms are continuously being discovered. The …

Deep-sea organisms research oriented by deep-sea technologies development

JC Feng, J Liang, Y Cai, S Zhang, J Xue, Z Yang - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Deep-sea environment, characterized by high pressures, extremely high/low temperatures,
limited photosynthesis-generated organic matter, darkness, and high levels of corrosion, is …

Implementing and innovating marine monitoring approaches for assessing marine environmental status

R Danovaro, L Carugati, M Berzano… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Marine environmental monitoring has tended to focus on site-specific methods of
investigation. These traditional methods have low spatial and temporal resolution and are …

Deep-sea, deep-sequencing: metabarcoding extracellular DNA from sediments of marine canyons

M Guardiola, MJ Uriz, P Taberlet, E Coissac… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Marine sediments are home to one of the richest species pools on Earth, but logistics and a
dearth of taxonomic work-force hinders the knowledge of their biodiversity. We characterized …