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Species replacement dominates megabenthos beta diversity in a remote seamount setting. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2018
Seamounts are proposed to be hotspots of deep-sea biodiversity, a pattern potentially arising from increased productivity in a heterogeneous landscape leading to either high species co-existence or species turnover (beta diversity).
Victorero L, Robert K, Robinson LF, Taylor ML, Huvenne VAI.   +4 more
europepmc   +7 more sources

Characterising and predicting benthic biodiversity for conservation planning in deepwater environments. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2012
Understanding patterns of biodiversity in deep sea systems is increasingly important because human activities are extending further into these areas. However, obtaining data is difficult, limiting the ability of science to inform management decisions. We
Dunstan PK, Althaus F, Williams A, Bax NJ.   +3 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Predicting the effects of climate change on deep-water coral distribution around New Zealand-Will there be suitable refuges for protection at the end of the 21st century? [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol, 2022
Protection of deep‐water corals by networks of marine protected areas may not be effective if altered environmental conditions from climate change shift the distribution of their preferred habitat. Habitat suitability models incorporating future predictions of seafloor conditions identified areas of potential refugia for 12 deep‐water coral taxa at the
Anderson OF, Stephenson F, Behrens E, Rowden AA.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Novas ocorrências de corais azooxantelados (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) na plataforma e talude continental do sul do Brasil (25-34o S) [PDF]

Biotemas, 2006
São apresentadas três novas ocorrências de corais azooxantelados na plataforma e talude continental sul brasileira: Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758, Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan, 1873 e Trochocyathus laboreli Cairns, 2000, e uma ampliação de ...
Marcelo Visentini Kitahara
doaj   +2 more sources

The Influence of Data Resolution on Predicted Distribution and Estimates of Extent of Current Protection of Three 'Listed' Deep-Sea Habitats. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2015
Modelling approaches have the potential to significantly contribute to the spatial management of the deep-sea ecosystem in a cost effective manner. However, we currently have little understanding of the accuracy of such models, developed using limited ...
Ross LK, Ross RE, Stewart HA, Howell KL.
europepmc   +7 more sources

Modelling the Habitat Distribution of the Endemic Azooxanthellate Coral <i>Madracis interjecta</i> From the Mesophotic to the Deep Red Sea. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The azooxanthellate Scleractinian Madracis interjecta is often observed in mesophotic ecosystems and has been reported to form sediment‐binding bioherms, yet the conditions required for these formations are not understood. We present a habitat suitability model to identify potential habitats in the northern Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba for this species ...
Nolan MKB, Falkenberg P, Marchese F, Ezeta Watts MA, Dunn N, Macrina L, Nunes-Peinemann V, Chimienti G, Vimercati S, Terraneo TI, Qurban M, Pieribone V, Duarte CM, Benzoni F.   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Underwater surveys reveal deep-sea corals in newly explored regions of the southwest Atlantic

Communications Earth & Environment, 2023
Deep-sea coral distribution and composition are unknown in much of the global ocean, but repurposing ocean industry surveys can fill that gap. In Santos Basin, southeast Brazil, areas (241–963 m depth) were surveyed during seven Petrobras cruises ...
Nayara F. Carvalho, Linda G. Waters, Renata C. M. Arantes, Daniel M. Couto, Guarani H. Cavalcanti, Arthur Z. Güth, Ana Paula C. Falcão, Paula D. Nagata, Cízia M. Hercos, Dalton K. Sasaki, Marcelo Dottori, Erik E. Cordes, Paulo Y. G. Sumida   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recovery and restoration potential of cold‐water corals: experience from a deep‐sea marine protected area

Restoration Ecology, Volume 31, Issue 8, November 2023., 2023
Cold‐water corals (CWCs) are important species that provide habitat for other taxa but are sensitive to mechanical damage from bottom trawling. CWC conservation has been implemented in the form of marine protected areas (MPAs), but recovery from impact may be particularly slow in the deep‐sea environment; consequently, the use of restoration techniques
James A. Strong, Nils Piechaud, Laurence H. De Clippele, Brian J. Bett, Tammy Horton, Guillem Corbera, Veerle A. I. Huvenne   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A benthic substrate classification method for seabed images using deep learning: Application to management of deep‐sea coral reefs

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 60, Issue 7, Page 1254-1273, July 2023., 2023
The availability of much larger volumes of automatically annotated image‐derived data will improve spatial management of impacts on coral‐based VMEs in the deep sea by (1) improved cross‐validation and performance of spatial models required to predict coral distribution and abundance over the large scales of managed areas, and (2) establishing ...
Chris Jackett, Franziska Althaus, Kylie Maguire, Moshiur Farazi, Ben Scoulding, Candice Untiedt, Tim Ryan, Peter Shanks, Pamela Brodie, Alan Williams   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seamount coral reefs are egg case nurseries for deep‐sea skates

Journal of Fish Biology, Volume 102, Issue 6, Page 1455-1469, June 2023., 2023
Abstract Egg case nurseries of the boreal skate (Amblyraja hyperborea) and Richardson's skate (Bathyraja richardsoni) were defined and mapped on a bathyal seascape (c. 500–1900 m depths) south of Tasmania, Australia, using 99 towed‐camera transects (157 linear km; N = 50,858 images).
Kylie Maguire, Helen O'Neill, Franziska Althaus, William White, Alan Williams   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source