Submarine canyon systems focusing sub-surface fluid in the Canterbury Basin, South Island, New Zealand [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 This work uses a high-quality 3D seismic volume from offshore Canterbury Basin, New Zealand, to investigate how submarine canyon systems can focus sub-surface fluid.
Priyadarshi Chinmoy Kumar +2 more
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Deep-sea scavenging amphipod assemblages from the submarine canyons of the Western Iberian Peninsula [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2012 Submarine canyons have often been identified as hotspots of secondary production with the potential to house distinct faunal assemblages and idiosyncratic ecosystems. Within these deep-sea habitats, assemblages of scavenging fauna play a vital role in
G. A. Duffy, T. Horton, D. S. M. Billett
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Europe's Grand Canyon: Nazaré Submarine Canyon [PDF]
Oceanography, 2009 The Nazaré submarine canyon extends ~ 210 km westward from the coast of Portugal, down to a water depth of > 4300 m. The considerable habitat heterogeneity found throughout the canyon is affected by strong currents and high turbidity, especially in the ...
Paul Tyler +17 more
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Bioavailability of sinking organic matter in the Blanes canyon and the adjacent open slope (NW Mediterranean Sea) [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2013 Submarine canyons are sites of intense energy and material exchange between the shelf and the deep adjacent basins. To test the hypothesis that active submarine canyons represent preferential conduits of available food for the deep-sea benthos, two ...
P. Lopez-Fernandez +5 more
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Co-occurring nematodes and bacteria in submarine canyon sediments [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 In submarine canyon sediments, bacteria and nematodes dominate the benthic biomass and play a key role in nutrient cycling and energy transfer. The diversity of these communities remains, however, poorly studied.
Jadwiga Rzeznik-Orignac +5 more
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Microbial communities in sunken wood are structured by wood-boring bivalves and location in a submarine canyon. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The cornerstones of sunken wood ecosystems are microorganisms involved in cellulose degradation. These can either be free-living microorganisms in the wood matrix or symbiotic bacteria associated with wood-boring bivalves such as emblematic species of ...
Sonja K Fagervold +6 more
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Foraging behaviour and ecology of transient killer whales within a deep submarine canyon system. [PDF]
PLoS ONETransient killer whales have been documented hunting marine mammals across a variety of habitats. However, relatively little has been reported about their predatory behaviours near deep submarine canyons and oceanic environments.
Josh D McInnes +6 more
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Impacts of seafloor characteristics on three-dimensional sound propagation in a submarine canyon [PDF]
JASA Express Letters, 2023 Three-dimensional (3D) underwater sound propagation in a submarine canyon is investigated with a numerical model and a dataset collected in a towed source experiment. This study emphasizes the impacts of seafloor bathymetry and sediment properties, which
Tzu-Ting Chen +2 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 A database-informed metastudy of 294 globally distributed submarine canyons has been conducted with the aim of elucidating the role of tectonic setting on submarine-canyon geomorphology.
Laura H. Bührig +4 more
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Response of the benthic biomass-size structure to a high-energy submarine canyon
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 IntroductionBody size regulates all biological processes, including growth, reproduction, metabolism, trophic interactions, etc., and is the master trait across organisms, populations, and communities.
Chueh-Chen Tung +4 more
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