[HTML][HTML] Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining

DJ Amon, S Gollner, T Morato, CR Smith, C Chen… - Marine Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
A comprehensive understanding of the deep-sea environment and mining's likely impacts is
necessary to assess whether and under what conditions deep-seabed mining operations …

Protist diversity and function in the dark ocean–Challenging the paradigms of deep-sea ecology with special emphasis on foraminiferans and naked protists

AJ Gooday, A Schoenle, JR Dolan, H Arndt - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The dark ocean and the underlying deep seafloor together represent the largest
environment on this planet, comprising about 80% of the oceanic volume and covering more …

The biodiversity and distribution of abyssal benthic foraminifera and their possible ecological roles: a synthesis across the Clarion-Clipperton Zone

AJ Gooday, F Lejzerowicz, A Goineau… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Benthic foraminiferal research in the North Pacific has a long history, with works published
over a century ago providing important information about the taxonomy and distribution of …

Eukaryotic biodiversity and spatial patterns in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone and other abyssal regions: Insights from sediment DNA and RNA metabarcoding

F Lejzerowicz, AJ Gooday… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The abyssal seafloor is a mosaic of highly diverse habitats that represent the least known
marine ecosystems on Earth. Some regions enriched in natural resources, such as …

Key role of bacteria in the short‐term cycling of carbon at the abyssal seafloor in a low particulate organic carbon flux region of the eastern Pacific Ocean

AK Sweetman, CR Smith, CN Shulse… - Limnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The cycling of carbon (C) by benthic organisms is a key ecosystem function in the deep sea.
Pulse‐chase experiments are designed to quantify this process, yet few studies have been …

Biogeography and population structure of predominant macrofaunal taxa (Annelida and Isopoda) in abyssal polymetallic nodule fields: implications for conservation …

A Janssen, H Stuckas, A Vink, PM Arbizu - Marine Biodiversity, 2019 - Springer
Abyssal plains of the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCZ) in the NE Pacific Ocean
probably harbour one of the world's most diverse ecosystems. Gaining a basic …

Potential impact of global climate change on benthic deep-sea microbes

R Danovaro, C Corinaldesi, A Dell'Anno… - FEMS microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Benthic deep-sea environments are the largest ecosystem on Earth, covering∼ 65% of the
Earth surface. Microbes inhabiting this huge biome at all water depths represent the most …

Diversity and spatial patterns of foraminiferal assemblages in the eastern Clarion–Clipperton zone (abyssal eastern equatorial Pacific)

A Goineau, AJ Gooday - Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Foraminifera are a major component of the abyssal meiofauna in parts of the eastern Pacific
Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) designated by the International Seabed Authority for …

Scientific and budgetary trade‐offs between morphological and molecular methods for deep‐sea biodiversity assessment

JT Le, LA Levin, F Lejzerowicz… - Integrated …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Deep‐sea biodiversity, a source of critical ecological functions and ecosystem services, is
increasingly subject to the threat of disturbance from existing practices (eg, fishing, waste …

Macrofaunal foraminifera from a former benthic impact experiment site (IOM contract area) in the abyssal eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone

Z Stachowska-Kamińska, AJ Gooday… - Deep Sea Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
We analysed macrofaunal (> 250 μm) foraminifera in the 0–1 cm layer of three replicate
multicorer samples collected in 2015 at each of three abyssal sites ('impacted','resedimented …