Seamounts generate efficient active transport loops to nourish the twilight ecosystem

X Wang, H Li, J Zhang, J Chen, X Xie, W Xie, K Yin… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Seamounts are ecological oases nurturing abundant fisheries resources and epibenthic
megafauna in the vast oligotrophic ocean. Despite their significance, the formation …

Behavior and ecology of silky sharks around the Chagos Archipelago and evidence of Indian Ocean wide movement

DJ Curnick, S Andrzejaczek, DMP Jacoby… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) represent a major component of global shark catch,
both directly and as bycatch, and populations are declining as a result. An improved …

Rapid deep ocean deoxygenation and acidification threaten life on Northeast Pacific seamounts

T Ross, C Du Preez, D Ianson - Global change biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic climate change is causing our oceans to lose oxygen and become more
acidic at an unprecedented rate, threatening marine ecosystems and their associated …

Environmental drivers and the distribution of cold-water corals in the global ocean

R Tong, AJ Davies, C Yesson, J Yu, Y Luo… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Species distribution models (SDMs) are useful tools for describing and predicting the
distribution of marine species in data-limited environments. Outputs from SDMs have been …

Remote seamounts are key conservation priorities for pelagic wildlife.

CDH Thompson, JJ Meeuwig… - Conservation …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
The article discusses the importance of remote seamounts as conservation priorities for
pelagic wildlife. The pelagic ocean, which constitutes 99% of the global biosphere by …

Spatio-temporal variability in drifting Fish Aggregating Device (dFAD) beaching events in the Seychelles Archipelago

I MacMillan, MJ Attrill, T Imzilen, C Lett… - ICES Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Purse-seine fisheries use drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs), human-made floating
objects, to facilitate the capture of tropical tunas. Currently, the majority of dFADs are …

First description of deep benthic habitats and communities of oceanic islands and seamounts of the Nazca Desventuradas Marine Park, Chile

JM Tapia-Guerra, A Mecho, EE Easton, MÁ Gallardo… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Seamounts and oceanic islands of the Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone at the intersection
of the Nazca and Salas y Gómez ridges lie within one of the least explored areas in the …

中西太平洋海山特征对延绳钓渔业和围网渔业黄鳍金枪鱼CPUE 的影响.

费姣姣, 李成, 张健, 滕钰秀… - South China …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
海山是海底重要的生物栖息地类型之一, 是研究海洋生物多样性的热点区域.
黄鳍金枪鱼(Thunnus albacares) 广泛分布于中西太平洋, 具有极高的生态和经济价值, 然而 …

Divergent responses of pelagic and benthic fish body-size structure to remoteness and protection from humans

TB Letessier, D Mouillot, L Mannocci, H Jabour Christ… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Animal body-size variation influences multiple processes in marine ecosystems, but habitat
heterogeneity has prevented a comprehensive assessment of size across pelagic …

Monitoring global fishing activity in proximity to seamounts using automatic identification systems

CR Kerry, OM Exeter, MJ Witt - Fish and Fisheries, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seamounts are prominent features of the seafloor that are often located in Areas Beyond
National Jurisdiction (ABNJs). Whilst comprehensive biological information is lacking on …