Background Methane seeps support unique benthic ecosystems in the deep sea existing
due to chemosynthetic organic matter. In contrast, in shallow waters there is little or no effect …

Ribbon worms are active predators that use an eversible proboscis to inject venom into their
prey and defend themselves with toxic epidermal secretions. Previous work on nemertean …

Deception Island is amongst the most active volcanoes in the Southern Ocean, with over 20
explosive eruptions in the last ca. 200 years. The eruption that formed the caldera at …

Over the past decade, unusual mortality outbreaks have decimated echinoderm populations
over broad geographic regions, raising awareness globally of the importance of …

Deception Island is an active volcano located at the southern end of the South Shetland
Archipelago, in the Antarctic Ocean. After the last eruption in 1970, benthic recolonization …

Forty-one species in five genera of bitentaculate cirratulids are reported from new collections
from South America, the Southern Ocean, and seas around Antarctica. Twenty-seven …

Antarctic surface waters are expected to be the first to experience severe ocean acidification
(OA) with carbonate undersaturation and large decreases in pH forecasted before the end of …

Antarctic benthic ecosystems support a unique fauna characterized by high levels of
diversity and endemism. However, our knowledge of the macrofauna communities across …

Different hypotheses related to the regional-scale configuration of the Yucatan Continental
Shelf (YCS) between the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) and the Caribbean Sea have been proposed …

Shallow‐water polychaetes are abundant and diverse components of the Southern Ocean
benthic communities, and although they have been widely studied, new species that are …