Ecological role of submarine canyons and need for canyon conservation: a review

U Fernandez-Arcaya, E Ramirez-Llodra… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Submarine canyons are major geomorphic features of continental margins around the world.
Several recent multidisciplinary projects focused on the study of canyons have considerably …

[HTML][HTML] Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs): Their past, present and future contributions to the advancement of marine geoscience

RB Wynn, VAI Huvenne, TP Le Bas, BJ Murton… - Marine geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) have a wide range of applications in
marine geoscience, and are increasingly being used in the scientific, military, commercial …

Influence of water masses on the biodiversity and biogeography of deep-sea benthic ecosystems in the North Atlantic

P Puerta, C Johnson, M Carreiro-Silva… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Circulation patterns in the North Atlantic Ocean have changed and re-organized multiple
times over millions of years, influencing the biodiversity, distribution, and connectivity …

Megafauna of vulnerable marine ecosystems in French mediterranean submarine canyons: Spatial distribution and anthropogenic impacts

MC Fabri, L Pedel, L Beuck, F Galgani… - Deep Sea Research …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME) in the deep Mediterranean Sea have been
identified by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean as consisting of …

Using 3D photogrammetry from ROV video to quantify cold-water coral reef structural complexity and investigate its influence on biodiversity and community …

DM Price, K Robert, A Callaway, C Lo Lacono, RA Hall… - Coral Reefs, 2019 - Springer
Fine-scale structural complexity created by reef-building coral in shallow-water
environments is influential on biodiversity, species assemblage and functional trait …

The “Sardinian cold-water coral province” in the context of the Mediterranean coral ecosystems

M Taviani, L Angeletti, S Canese, R Cannas… - Deep Sea Research …, 2017 - Elsevier
A new cold-water coral (CWC) province has been identified in the Mediterranean Sea in the
Capo Spartivento canyon system offshore the southern coast of Sardinia. The 'Sardinia cold …

[HTML][HTML] The giant Mauritanian cold-water coral mound province: Oxygen control on coral mound formation

C Wienberg, J Titschack, A Freiwald, N Frank… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The largest coherent cold-water coral (CWC) mound province in the Atlantic Ocean exists
along the Mauritanian margin, where up to 100 m high mounds extend over a distance of∼ …

Ecological characterisation of a Mediterranean cold-water coral reef: Cabliers coral mound province (Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean)

G Corbera, CL Iacono, E Gràcia, J Grinyó… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Scleractinian cold-water coral (CWC) reefs are key habitats for benthic fauna as they
enhance spatial heterogeneity and biodiversity. Understanding their environmental and …

Habitat heterogeneity of hadal trenches: considerations and implications for future studies

HA Stewart, AJ Jamieson - Progress in Oceanography, 2018 - Elsevier
The hadal zone largely comprises a series of subduction trenches that do not form part of the
continental shelf-slope rise to abyssal plain continuum. Instead they form geographically …

A review of the tools used for marine monitoring in the UK: combining historic and contemporary methods with modeling and socioeconomics to fulfill legislative needs …

TP Bean, N Greenwood, R Beckett… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Marine environmental monitoring is undertaken to provide evidence that environmental
management targets are being met. Moreover, monitoring also provides context to marine …