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Determining Coral Density Thresholds for Identifying Structurally Complex Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the Deep Sea

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are at risk from the impacts of deep-sea trawling. Identifying the presence of VMEs in high seas fisheries management areas has to date relied mainly on presence records, or on habitat suitability models of VME ...
Ashley A. Rowden, Ashley A. Rowden, Tabitha R. R. Pearman, David Anthony Bowden, Owen F. Anderson, Malcolm Ross Clark   +5 more
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Benthic foraminiferal faunas associated with cold‐water coral environments in the North Atlantic realm

The Depositional Record, Volume 7, Issue 2, Page 223-255, June 2021., 2021
Surface benthic foraminiferal assemblages associated with cold‐water coral mounds and reefs from the North‐east Atlantic (Irish margin and Norwegian shelf) share a common assemblage, dominated by elevated epibenthic and distinct infaunal species. This surface assemblage is typical for environments that are subject to strong bottom‐water turbulence with
Robin Fentimen, Gerhard Schmiedl, Andres Rüggeberg, Anneleen Foubert   +3 more
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Global‐scale genetic structure of a cosmopolitan cold‐water coral species

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 1-14, January 2021., 2021
Abstract 1.When considering widely distributed marine organisms with low dispersal capabilities, there is often an implication that the distribution of cosmopolitan species is an artefact of taxonomy, constrained by the absence of characters for delimiting either sibling or cryptic species.
Anna Maria Addamo, Karen J. Miller, Vreni Häussermann, Marco Taviani, Annie Machordom   +4 more
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A Geophysical Review of the Seabed Methane Seepage Features and Their Relationship with Gas Hydrate Systems

Geofluids, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Seabed methane seepage has gained attention from all over the world in recent years as an important source of greenhouse gas emission, and gas hydrates are also regarded as a key factor affecting climate change or even global warming due to their shallow burial and poor stability. However, the relationship between seabed methane seepage and gas hydrate
Jinxiu Yang, Mingyue Lu, Zhiguang Yao, Min Wang, Shuangfang Lu, Ning Qi, Ying Xia, Wei Zhang   +7 more
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True Size Matters for Conservation: A Robust Method to Determine the Size of Deep-Sea Coral Reefs Shows They Are Typically Small on Seamounts in the Southwest Pacific Ocean

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems (VME) is a critical goal for marine conservation. Yet, in many deep-sea settings, where quantitative data are typically sparse, it is challenging to correctly identify the location and size of VMEs.
Alan Williams, Franziska Althaus, Mark Green, Kylie Maguire, Candice Untiedt, Nick Mortimer, Chris J. Jackett, Malcolm Clark, Nicholas Bax, Nicholas Bax, Roland Pitcher, Thomas Schlacher   +11 more
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Chemical characterization of deep-sea corals from the continental slope of Santos Basin (southeastern Brazilian upper margin)

Ocean and Coastal Research, 2022
Carbonate mounds and pockmarks are geologically and ecologically important features distributed worldwide in the world’s oceans. In the present study, we present a chemical characterization of deep-sea scleractinian coral skeletons collected in these ...
Tailisi Hoppe Trevizani, Renata Hanae Nagai, Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira, Paulo Yukio Gomes Sumida, Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques   +4 more
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New records of azooxanthellate corals (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) from the southern Brazilian continental shelf and slope [PDF]

Biotemas, 2006
This study presents the records of Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758, Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan, 1873, and Trochocyathus laboreli Cairns, 2000, for the southern Brazilian continental shelf and slope, and the extension of the occurrence of Lophelia ...
Marcelo Visentini Kitahara
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High-Resolution Habitat Suitability Models for the Conservation and Management of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems on the Louisville Seamount Chain, South Pacific Ocean

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017
Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are ecosystems at risk from the effects of fishing or other kinds of disturbance, as determined by the vulnerability of their components (e.g., habitats, communities, or species).
Ashley A. Rowden, Owen F. Anderson, Samuel E. Georgian, David A. Bowden, Malcolm R. Clark, Arne Pallentin, Andrew Miller   +6 more
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Distributions and habitat associations of deep-water corals in Norfolk and Baltimore Canyons, Mid-Atlantic Bight, USA [PDF]

, 2017
A multi-disciplinary study of two major submarine canyons, Baltimore Canyon and Norfolk Canyon, off the US mid-Atlantic coast focused on the ecology and biology of canyon habitats, particularly those supporting deep-sea corals.
Brooke, S.D., Davies, Andrew, Duineveld, G.C.A., Heil, A.D., Mienis, F., Rhode, M., Ross, S.W., Watts, M.W.   +7 more
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Characterization and Mapping of a Deep-Sea Sponge Ground on the Tropic Seamount (Northeast Tropical Atlantic): Implications for Spatial Management in the High Seas

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Ferromanganese crusts occurring on seamounts are a potential resource for rare earth elements that are critical for low-carbon technologies. Seamounts, however, host vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs), which means that spatial management is needed to ...
Berta Ramiro-Sánchez, José Manuel González-Irusta, José Manuel González-Irusta, Lea-Anne Henry, Jason Cleland, Isobel Yeo, Joana R. Xavier, Joana R. Xavier, Marina Carreiro-Silva, Marina Carreiro-Silva, Íris Sampaio, Íris Sampaio, Jeremy Spearman, Lissette Victorero, Lissette Victorero, Lissette Victorero, Lissette Victorero, Charles G. Messing, Georgios Kazanidis, J. Murray Roberts, Bramley Murton   +20 more
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