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 …

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 …

Deep-sea ecosystems are reservoirs of biodiversity that are largely unexplored, but their
exploration and biodiscovery are becoming a reality thanks to biotechnological advances …

The scientific literature available on deep-sea biodiversity is ample and covers a wide array
of objectives, geographic areas, and topics. It also explores the links between ecosystem …

Mangroves are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, yet they are disappearing
at a dramatic rate. Mangrove sediments harbor microscopic nematodes, which show specific …

Marine sediment communities are major contributors to biogeochemical cycling and benthic
ecosystem functioning, but they are poorly described, particularly in remote regions such as …

Following several small-scale benthic disturbance experiments, an industrial polymetallic
nodule collector trial was conducted by the company Global Sea mineral Resources (GSR) …

Polymetallic nodule fields represent a large reservoir of undiscovered biodiversity that
becomes particularly evident for meiobenthic organisms, the smallest-sized faunal group …

Diversity of free-living marine nematode assemblages in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico
(SW GoM) is scarcely studied. Here, we aimed (1) to analyze the influence of a water depth …

Hadal trenches are depocenters for organic material, and host intensified benthic microbial
activity. The enhanced deposition is presumed to be reflected in elevated meiofaunal …