Areas of the seafloor enriched with seeping fluids host unique chemosynthetic communities,
and their interactions not only linked to the presence of oil and gas resources, but directly …

Motivation Traits are increasingly being used to quantify global biodiversity patterns, with
trait databases growing in size and number, across diverse taxa. Despite growing interest in …

Exploration of the deep ocean (> 200 m) is taking on added importance as human
development encroaches. Despite increasing oil and natural gas exploration and …

Octopodoidea are a highly versatile and diverse group of marine predators comprising> 200
species today; however, their diversity and ecology in deep time are virtually unknown …

From November 2017 to December 2018, NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration and
Research, as part of the Southeast Deep Coral Initiative (SEDCI), worked with regional …

Cold-seep chemosynthetic communities are found in patchy areas where methane and
other hydrocarbons leak through the seafloor. Although relatively common in continental …

Extensive carbonate crusts discovered forming on the slopes of seamounts in many parts of
the world's oceans are providing extra stability to the volcanic edifices. These crusts are …

Diversity patterns of the deep-sea megafauna in the Caribbean Basin and the Guiana
ecoregion were analyzed in order to test the hypothesis of species richness variation as a …

Effective monitoring is an essential part of identifying and mitigating volcanic hazards. In the
submarine environment this is more difficult than onshore because observations are …

The vestimentiferan tubeworm genera Lamellibrachia and Escarpia inhabit deep-sea
chemosynthesis-based ecosystems, such as seeps, hydrothermal vents and organic falls …