After nearly 20 years of exploration, various areas of the seafloor with hydrocarbon seepage
have been discovered in the South China Sea (SCS). Through linking subsurface and …

Ecosystem modeling is a popular technique to incorporate the direct and indirect
interactions of all ecosystem components within a simulation. However, these models are …

The macrofaunal community in the Haima cold seeps of the South China Sea was
investigated, and trophic relationships were evaluated using carbon and nitrogen stable …

Abstract The Formosa Ridge, also named Site F, is an active cold seep marine ecosystem
site that has been studied since it was discovered on the continental slope of the northeast …

Deep-sea hydrothermal vents host unique ecosystems but face risks of incidents with
Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS) along busy shipping lanes such as the …

Systematic surveys of the distribution of epibenthic megafaunal species relative to one
another and to environmental variables in the deep sea can lead to inferences and testable …

Open-ocean and deep-sea ecosystems can be difficult to model due to the challenges of
incorporating important dynamics such as diel vertical migration and particle sinking, as well …

In deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems, macrofaunal diversity and distribution are
determined by geochemical environments generated by fluid seepage. The South China …

Ecological modeling is a popular tool to assess the functionality of marine ecosystems and
quantify an ecosystem's response to anthropogenic stressors (eg, fishing, oil spills, climate …