Ecological role of submarine canyons and need for canyon conservation: a review

U Fernandez-Arcaya, E Ramirez-Llodra… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Submarine canyons are major geomorphic features of continental margins around the world.
Several recent multidisciplinary projects focused on the study of canyons have considerably …

Distribution of phytoplankton groups within the deep chlorophyll maximum

M Latasa, AM Cabello, XAG Morán… - Limnology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The fine vertical distribution of phytoplankton groups within the deep chlorophyll maximum
(DCM) was studied in the NE Atlantic during summer stratification. A simple but …

[HTML][HTML] Avilés Canyon System: Increasing the benthic biodiversity knowledge

P Ríos, Á Altuna, I Frutos, E Manjón-Cabeza… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Macro and megafauna were studied in the Aviles Canyon System (ACS), southern Bay of
Biscay (Cantabrian Sea), during several oceanographic cruises carried out from 2009 to …

[HTML][HTML] Research priorities and roadmap for deep-sea ecology in the Bay of Biscay (Northeast Atlantic)

I Galparsoro, I Menchaca, I Manso-Narvarte… - Deep Sea Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Bay of Biscay is a structurally complex region, exhibiting high biodiversity and
productivity and hosting a wide variety of benthic habitats. Unfortunately, current scientific …

Identifying epibenthic habitats on the Seco de los Olivos Seamount: Species assemblages and environmental characteristics

A De la Torriente, A Serrano… - Deep Sea Research …, 2018 - Elsevier
High habitat diversity was observed on the Seco de los Olivos Seamount (SW
Mediterranean Sea), a Site of Community Importance belonging to the Spanish marine …

Predictive habitat modeling in two Mediterranean canyons including hydrodynamic variables

A Bargain, F Foglini, I Pairaud, D Bonaldo… - Progress in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Madrepora oculata and Lophelia pertusa are the two main ecosystem engineering,
scleractinian cold-water corals (CWC) found in Mediterranean canyons. Factors controlling …

Oceanographic processes and morphosedimentary products along the Iberian margins: A new multidisciplinary approach

FJ Hernández-Molina, A Wåhlin, M Bruno, G Ercilla… - Marine Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Our understanding of bottom-currents and associated oceanographic processes (eg,
overflows, barotropic tidal currents) including intermittent processes (eg, vertical eddies …

[HTML][HTML] Deep learning-assisted high resolution mapping of vulnerable habitats within the Capbreton Canyon System, Bay of Biscay

A Abad-Uribarren, E Prado, S Sierra, A Cobo… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Capbreton Canyon System is an area currently under study for its proposal as
a Site of Community Importance under the EU Habitats Directive in the context of the LIFE IP …

Benthic assemblages of the Anton Dohrn Seamount (NE Atlantic): defining deep-sea biotopes to support habitat mapping and management efforts with a focus on …

JS Davies, HA Stewart, BE Narayanaswamy, C Jacobs… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
In 2009 the NW and SE flanks of Anton Dohrn Seamount were surveyed using multibeam
echosounder and video ground-truthing to characterise megabenthic biological …

Cold-water coral habitats in submarine canyons of the Bay of Biscay

IMJ van den Beld, JF Bourillet… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The topographical and hydrological complexity of submarine canyons, coupled with high
substratum heterogeneity, make them ideal environments for cold-water coral (CWC) …