Global observing needs in the deep ocean

LA Levin, BJ Bett, AR Gates, P Heimbach… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The deep ocean below 200 m water depth is the least observed, but largest habitat on our
planet by volume and area. Over 150 years of exploration has revealed that this dynamic …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Environment, ecology, and potential effectiveness of an area protected from deep-sea mining (Clarion Clipperton Zone, abyssal Pacific)

DOB Jones, E Simon-Lledó, DJ Amon, BJ Bett… - Progress in …, 2021 - Elsevier
To protect the range of habitats, species, and ecosystem functions in the Clarion Clipperton
Zone (CCZ), a region of interest for deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining in the Pacific, nine …

Managing a sustainable deep-sea 'blue economy'requires knowledge of what actually lives there

AG Glover, H Wiklund, C Chen, TG Dahlgren - elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Ensuring that the wealth of resources contained in our oceans are managed and developed
in a sustainable manner is a priority for the emerging'blue economy'. However, modern …

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 …

Megafaunal ecology of the western Clarion Clipperton Zone

JM Durden, M Putts, S Bingo, AB Leitner… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) is a vast area of the central Pacific Ocean where the
abyssal seabed is a focus for future polymetallic nodule mining. Broad-scale environmental …

Benthic foraminiferal DNA metabarcodes significantly vary along a gradient from abyssal to hadal depths and between each side of the Kuril-Kamchatka trench

T Cordier, I Barrenechea, F Lejzerowicz, E Reo… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Foraminiferal assemblages are a ubiquitous and abundant component of the deep-sea
benthos, even in the deepest ocean trenches. While their distribution seems not constrained …

Macrofauna-sized foraminifera in epibenthic sledge samples from five areas in the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone (equatorial Pacific)

AJ Gooday, B Wawrzyniak-Wydrowska - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Benthic foraminifera cannot be sampled adequately using a single device. Smaller taxa are
best collected using multicorers, the larger with box corers, but towed devices (dredges …

Review of the central and south atlantic shelf and deep-sea benthos: science, policy, and management

SJ Hawkins, PA Todd, BD Russell… - … and Marine Biology …, 2023 - books.google.com
Abstract The Central and South Atlantic represents a vast ocean area and is home to a
diverse range of ecosystems and species. Nevertheless, and similar to the rest of the global …