Reef environments are rapidly transforming worldwide, and these changes are causing
major impacts to the reef ecosystem. Scientific knowledge is strategic for marine …

Seamounts and oceanic islands rise from the seafloor and provide suitable habitat for a
diverse range of biological assemblages including Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) …

Abstract The Rio Grande Rise (RGR) is a large and geomorphologically complex feature
located in the Southwest Atlantic, with great commercial and scientific interest due to its …

Abstract The Brazilian Continental Margin hosts a diverse deep seafloor landscape
including vast areas of sedimented slopes, submarine canyons, reef-forming and solitary …

Abstract The Central and South Atlantic represents a vast ocean area and is home to a
diverse range of ecosystems and species. Nevertheless, and similar to the rest of the global …

In the region of Brazil, cold-water corals are distributed from the Equatorial to the Southern
Brazilian margins and on nearby seamounts, mainly between 250 and 1200 m water depth …

Demersal fishing operations exert, cumulatively, at least three forms of pressures over the
benthic environment: mortality of megafauna (landed and discarded), discards of carrion …

The iAtlantic Project has established an international collaborative strategy to improve
mapping and characterization of deep and open ocean ecosystems in understudied regions …

Although deep-sea science continues to progress, the southern hemisphere represents a
vast and yet understudied area, and the South Atlantic is no exception to this. However, as …