Mapping knowledge gaps in marine diversity reveals a latitudinal gradient of missing species richness

A Menegotto, TF Rangel - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
A reliable description of any spatial pattern in species richness requires accurate knowledge
about species geographical distribution. However, sampling bias may generate artefactual …

The awkward record of fossil whales

S Dominici, S Danise, S Cau, A Freschi - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The habitat, actuopaleontology and global fossil record of crown cetaceans, today
occupying apex positions in the marine ecosystem, is reviewed. A large Neogene …

A review of human decomposition in marine environments

BA Martlin, GS Anderson, LS Bell - Canadian Society of Forensic …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Drowning is the third leading cause of accidental death globally, however, many individuals
who lose their lives at sea are never recovered or identified. Along with the geographic …

Do whales really increase the oceanic removal of atmospheric carbon?

JO Meynecke, S Samanta, J De Bie… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Whales have been titled climate savers in the media with their recovery welcomed as a
potential carbon solution. However, only a few studies were performed to date providing …

Faunal activity rhythms influencing early community succession of an implanted whale carcass offshore Sagami Bay, Japan

J Aguzzi, E Fanelli, T Ciuffardi, A Schirone… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Benthic community succession patterns at whale falls have been previously established by
means of punctual submersible and ROV observations. The contribution of faunal activity …

Mammal hunting killer whales off Monterey, California: A 30-year synthesis

NA Black, CM Talty, A Schulman-Janiger… - Social Strategies of …, 2023 - Springer
Bigg's (Transient) killer whales (Orcinus orca) display incredible cooperative hunting
techniques and a complex social organization. We describe the predation behavior of Bigg's …

An inordinate fondness for Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida): Fourteen new species of bone worms from California

GW Rouse, SK Goffredi, SB Johnson, RC Vrijenhoek - Zootaxa, 2018 - biotaxa.org
We incorporate DNA sequences from a comprehensive sampling of taxa to provide an
updated phylogeny of Osedax and discuss the remarkable diversity of this clade of …

Macrofaunal community structure and biodiversity patterns based on a wood-fall experiment in the deep South-west Atlantic

H Saeedi, AF Bernardino, M Shimabukuro… - Deep Sea Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wood falls provide locally and temporally restricted inputs of organic material to the deep
sea supporting heterotrophic and chemotrophic fauna. These habitats also play a significant …

Temporal and spatial variations of bacterial and faunal communities associated with deep-sea wood falls

P Pop Ristova, C Bienhold, F Wenzhöfer, PE Rossel… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Sinking of large organic food falls ie kelp, wood and whale carcasses to the oligotrophic
deep-sea floor promotes the establishment of locally highly productive and diverse …

Whale bone communities in the deep Southwest Atlantic Ocean

M Shimabukuro, DM Couto, AF Bernardino… - Deep Sea Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Whale falls are considered important habitats contributing to biodiversity, evolutionary
novelty and connectivity of deep-sea environments. The organic input of a whale carcass …