Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities

S Gollner, S Kaiser, L Menzel, DOB Jones… - Marine Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
With increasing demand for mineral resources, extraction of polymetallic sulphides at
hydrothermal vents, cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts at seamounts, and polymetallic …

Characteristics of meiofauna in extreme marine ecosystems: a review

D Zeppilli, D Leduc, C Fontanier, D Fontaneto… - Marine Biodiversity, 2018 - Springer
Extreme marine environments cover more than 50% of the Earth's surface and offer many
opportunities for investigating the biological responses and adaptations of organisms to …

sFDvent: A global trait database for deep‐sea hydrothermal‐vent fauna

ASA Chapman, SE Beaulieu, A Colaço… - Global Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Motivation Traits are increasingly being used to quantify global biodiversity patterns, with
trait databases growing in size and number, across diverse taxa. Despite growing interest in …

Discovery of active hydrothermal vent fields along the Central Indian Ridge, 8–12 S

J Kim, SK Son, D Kim, SJ Pak, OH Yu… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Four new hydrothermal vent fields were discovered on the slow spreading Central Indian
Ridge (8–12° S; Segments 1–3), all located off‐axis on abyssal hill structures or Ocean Core …

Marine connectivity dynamics: clarifying cosmopolitan distributions of marine interstitial invertebrates and the meiofauna paradox

J Cerca, G Purschke, TH Struck - Marine Biology, 2018 - Springer
Many interstitial species were first described as widely distributed, often cosmopolitan or
amphi-oceanic, contrasting with descriptions of a sedentary life style and the general …

Potential mitigation and restoration actions in ecosystems impacted by seabed mining

D Cuvelier, S Gollner, DOB Jones, S Kaiser… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Mining impacts will affect local populations to different degrees. Impacts range from removal
of habitats and possible energy sources to pollution and smaller-scale alterations in local …

[HTML][HTML] Polymer material biodegradation in the deep sea. A review

A Chamley, C Baley, M Matabos, P Vannier… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The phenomenon of marine plastic pollution is now well-established, with documented
impacts on marine biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles. In order to mitigate this …

Review of recent trends in ecological studies of deep-sea meiofauna, with focus on patterns and processes at small to regional spatial scales

N Rosli, D Leduc, AA Rowden, PK Probert - Marine Biodiversity, 2018 - Springer
Meiofauna are an important component of deep-sea benthic communities because they are
highly abundant and play an important role in the sediment. This review describes trends in …

Exploring environmental DNA (eDNA) to assess biodiversity of hard substratum faunal communities on the lucky strike vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) and investigate …

DA Cowart, M Matabos, MI Brandt… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Deep ocean hydrothermal vent ecosystems face physical disturbances from naturally
occurring volcanic and tectonic activities and are at increasing risk of mineral resource …

High environmental stress and productivity increase functional diversity along a deep‐sea hydrothermal vent gradient

JM Alfaro‐Lucas, F Pradillon, D Zeppilli, LN Michel… - Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Productivity and environmental stress are major drivers of multiple biodiversity facets and
faunal community structure. Little is known on their interacting effects on early community …