Microsatellites are the most popular and versatile genetic marker with myriads of
applications in population genetics, conservation biology, and evolutionary biology. These …

In this review of seamount ecology, we address a number of key scientific issues concerning
the structure and function of benthic communities, human impacts, and seamount …

Seamounts are one of the major biomes of the global ocean. The last 25 years of research
has seen considerable advances in the understanding of these ecosystems. The …

The isolation of the Southern Ocean after the opening of Drake Passage some 23–25 million
years ago, the formation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the subsequent cooling of the …

Anthropogenic disturbances such as fishing, mining, oil drilling, bioprospecting, warming,
and acidification in the deep sea are increasing, yet generalities about deep-sea …

The Antarctic biota is highly endemic, and the diversity and abundance of taxonomic groups
differ from elsewhere in the world. Such characteristics have resulted from evolution in …

Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) is a large notothenioid fish that supports
valuable fisheries throughout the Southern Ocean. D. eleginoides are found on the southern …

Seamount systems that are geographically, hydrographically, topographically, and/or
genetically" isolated" are likely to have developed highly endemic taxa and ecosystems …

Extreme and remote environments provide useful settings to test ideas about the ecological
and evolutionary drivers of biological diversity. In the sub‐A ntarctic, isolation by geographic …

Southern Ocean ecosystems are globally important and vulnerable to global drivers of
change, yet they remain challenging to study. Fish and squid make up a significant portion of …