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Abundance of small individuals influences the effectiveness of processing techniques for deep-sea nematodes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Nematodes are the most abundant metazoans of deep-sea benthic communities, but knowledge of their distribution is limited relative to larger organisms.
Nodder, Scott D.   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Twenty Thousand Sterling Under the Sea: Estimating the value of protecting deep-sea biodiversity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The deep-sea includes over 90% of the world oceans and is thought to be one of the most diverse ecosystems in the World. It supplies society with valuable ecosystem services, including the provision of food, the regeneration of nutrients and the ...
Hanley, N.   +10 more
core   +1 more source

First documented record of a living solemyid bivalve in a pockmark of the Nile Deep-sea Fan (eastern Mediterranean Sea) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
A living specimen of a solemyid bivalve was collected at bathyal depths near a pockmark in the Nile Deep-sea Fan (eastern Mediterranean) and is here presented.
Gaudron, Sylvie M.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Deep-Sea Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Deep-sea ecosystems represent the largest biome of the global biosphere, but knowledge of their biodiversity is still scant. The Mediterranean basin has been proposed as a hot spot of terrestrial and coastal marine biodiversity but has been supposed to ...
Sardà Francesc   +78 more
core   +2 more sources

Deep-Sea Underwater Cooperative Operation of Manned/Unmanned Submersible and Surface Vehicles for Different Application Scenarios

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
In this paper, we propose three cooperative operational modes of manned and unmanned submersibles for a range of different deep-sea application scenarios.
Lei Yang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Improved Quantum-Behaved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm Combined with Reinforcement Learning for AUV Path Planning

open access: yesJournal of Robotics, 2023
In order to solve the problem of fast path planning and effective obstacle avoidance for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in two-dimensional underwater environment, a path planning algorithm based on deep Q-network and Quantum particle swarm ...
HanBin Zhang, XianPeng Shi
doaj   +1 more source

Cosmopolitanism and Biogeography of the Genus Manganonema (Nematoda: Monhysterida) in the Deep Sea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Spatial patterns of species diversity provide information about the mechanisms that regulate biodiversity and are important for setting conservation priorities. Present knowledge of the biogeography of meiofauna in the deep sea is scarce.
Daniela Zeppilli   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Deep- Sea Bacteria And Their Biotechnological Potentials [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Deep-sea environment characterized by its low temperature, high hydrostatic pressure, limited nutrient contents, and constant darkness has been a hostile environment for most marine microorganisms.
Karna Radjasa, Ocky
core   +1 more source

Chemolithotrophic biosynthesis of organic carbon associated with volcanic ash in the Mariana Trough, Pacific Ocean

open access: yesCommunications Earth & Environment, 2023
Volcanic ash alteration supports chemolithotrophic activity at the seabed and contributes to the production of microbial biomass during diagenesis, suggest analyses of isoprenoid and branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers distributions in Mariana
Taisi Li   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expression and molecular characterization of an intriguing hyaluronan synthase (HAS) from the symbiont “Candidatus Mycoplasma liparidae” in snailfish [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ
Background Hyaluronan synthases (HASs) are ubiquitous in living organisms, and the hyaluronic acid (HA) synthesized by them are important to their body and well used in medicine, cosmetics and other fields.
Lulu Guo   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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