Man and the last great wilderness: human impact on the deep sea

E Ramirez-Llodra, PA Tyler, MC Baker, OA Bergstad… - PLoS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The deep sea, the largest ecosystem on Earth and one of the least studied, harbours high
biodiversity and provides a wealth of resources. Although humans have used the oceans for …

Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world's largest ecosystem

E Ramirez-Llodra, A Brandt, R Danovaro… - …, 2010 - bg.copernicus.org
The deep sea, the largest biome on Earth, has a series of characteristics that make this
environment both distinct from other marine and land ecosystems and unique for the entire …

Statistical analysis of iron geochemical data suggests limited late Proterozoic oxygenation

EA Sperling, CJ Wolock, AS Morgan, BC Gill… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Sedimentary rocks deposited across the Proterozoic–Phanerozoic transition record extreme
climate fluctuations, a potential rise in atmospheric oxygen or re-organization of the seafloor …

Effects of natural and human-induced hypoxia on coastal benthos

LA Levin, W Ekau, AJ Gooday, F Jorissen… - …, 2009 - bg.copernicus.org
Coastal hypoxia (defined here as< 1.42 ml L− 1; 62.5 μM; 2 mg L− 1, approx. 30% oxygen
saturation) develops seasonally in many estuaries, fjords, and along open coasts as a result …

Ocean oxygen minima expansions and their biological impacts

L Stramma, S Schmidtko, LA Levin… - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2010 - Elsevier
Climate models with biogeochemical components predict declines in oceanic dissolved
oxygen with global warming. In coastal regimes oxygen deficits represent acute ecosystem …

Coastal hypoxia and sediment biogeochemistry

JJ Middelburg, LA Levin - Biogeosciences, 2009 - bg.copernicus.org
The intensity, duration and frequency of coastal hypoxia (oxygen concentration< 63 μM) are
increasing due to human alteration of coastal ecosystems and changes in oceanographic …

Is the meiofauna a good indicator for climate change and anthropogenic impacts?

D Zeppilli, J Sarrazin, D Leduc, PM Arbizu… - Marine Biodiversity, 2015 - Springer
Our planet is changing, and one of the most pressing challenges facing the scientific
community revolves around understanding how ecological communities respond to global …

Oxygen, ecology, and the Cambrian radiation of animals

EA Sperling, CA Frieder, AV Raman… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The Proterozoic-Cambrian transition records the appearance of essentially all animal body
plans (phyla), yet to date no single hypothesis adequately explains both the timing of the …

Hypoxia-related processes in the Baltic Sea

DJ Conley, S Björck, E Bonsdorff… - Environmental …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Hypoxia, a growing worldwide problem, has been intermittently present in the modern Baltic
Sea since its formation ca. 8000 cal. yr BP. However, both the spatial extent and intensity of …

[HTML][HTML] Exponential decline of deep-sea ecosystem functioning linked to benthic biodiversity loss

R Danovaro, C Gambi, A Dell'Anno, C Corinaldesi… - Current Biology, 2008 - cell.com
Background Recent investigations suggest that biodiversity loss might impair the functioning
and sustainability of ecosystems. Although deep-sea ecosystems are the most extensive on …