More than 230,000 known species representing 31 metazoan phyla populate the world's
oceans. Perhaps another 1,000,000 or more species remain to be discovered. There is …

Heightened interest in the exploitation of deep seafloor minerals is raising questions on the
consequences for the resident fauna. Assessing species ranges and determination of …

Field and laboratory protocols that originally led to the success of published stud− ies have
previously been only briefly laid out in the methods sections of scientific publica− tions. For …

With increasing pressure to extract minerals from the deep-sea bed, understanding the
ecological and evolutionary processes that limit the spatial distribution of species is critical to …

Most deep-ocean life relies on organic carbon from the surface ocean. While settling primary
production rapidly attenuates in the water column, pulses of organic material can be quickly …

The fauna of three sites in the Clipperton-Clarion Fracture Zone Region of the North Pacific
Ocean were evaluated as part of multiple programs supported by the US National Oceanic …

The global zoogeographic distribution of the most widespread peracarid species occurring
in three or more ocean basins below 2000 m is analysed. Basing on the published data we …

Due to the increasing challenge of meeting human demands for metals from land-based
resources, interest in extracting mineral ores from the deep sea has gained momentum in …

Abstract Eurycope producta Sars, 1868 and Eurycope inermis Hansen, 1916 are two widely
distributed and highly abundant isopod species complexes within Icelandic waters, a region …

We used a quiet, deep-diving remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to conduct oblique,
quantitative video transects of the bathypelagic fauna at depths between 1000 and 3500m at …