Ecological role of submarine canyons and need for canyon conservation: a review

U Fernandez-Arcaya, E Ramirez-Llodra… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Submarine canyons are major geomorphic features of continental margins around the world.
Several recent multidisciplinary projects focused on the study of canyons have considerably …

Challenges to the assessment of benthic populations and biodiversity as a result of rhythmic behaviour: Video solutions from cabled observatories

J Aguzzi, JB Company, C Costa… - … and Marine Biology …, 2012 - api.taylorfrancis.com
All marine species studied thus far show rhythmic temporal patterns in their behavioural,
physiological, and molecular functions, which are collectively known as biological rhythms …

Monitoring global changes in biodiversity and climate essential as ecological crisis intensifies

B O'Connor, S Bojinski, C Röösli, ME Schaepman - Ecological Informatics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental
Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services have presented …

[HTML][HTML] New technologies for monitoring and upscaling marine ecosystem restoration in deep-sea environments

J Aguzzi, L Thomsen, S Flögel, NJ Robinson, G Picardi… - Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The United Nations (UN)'s call for a decade of “ecosystem restoration” was
prompted by the need to address the extensive impact of anthropogenic activities on natural …

Towards an optimal design for ecosystem-level ocean observatories

RA Rountree, J Aguzzi, S Marini, E Fanelli… - … and marine biology, 2020 - library.oapen.org
Four operational factors, together with high development cost, currently limit the use of
ocean observatories in ecological and fisheries applications: 1) limited spatial coverage; 2) …

Seasonal rhythm in a Mediterranean coastal fish community as monitored by a cabled observatory

F Condal, J Aguzzi, F Sarda, M Nogueras, J Cadena… - Marine Biology, 2012 - Springer
To adequately describe seasonal rhythms in habitat utilization by fish communities,
observations are needed that occur at a relatively high frequency and over large temporal …

A flexible autonomous robotic observatory infrastructure for bentho-pelagic monitoring

J Aguzzi, J Albiez, S Flögel, OR Godø, E Grimsbø… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper presents the technological developments and the policy contexts for the project
“Autonomous Robotic Sea-Floor Infrastructure for Bentho-Pelagic Monitoring”(ARIM). The …

High-frequency patterns in the abundance of benthic species near a cold-seep–An Internet Operated Vehicle application

D Chatzievangelou, C Doya, L Thomsen, A Purser… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Three benthic megafaunal species (ie sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria; pacific hagfish
Eptatretus stoutii and a group of juvenile crabs) were tested for diel behavioral patterns at …

Stepped coastal water warming revealed by multiparametric monitoring at NW Mediterranean fixed stations

N Bahamon, J Aguzzi, MÁ Ahumada-Sempoal… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since 2014, the global land and sea surface temperature has scaled 0.23° C above the
decadal average (2009–2018). Reports indicate that Mediterranean Sea temperatures have …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton community assembly at the Blanes Bay Microbial Observatory (BBMO), NW Mediterranean Sea

SM Vallina, C Gaborit, C Marrase, JM Gasol… - Progress in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The dynamics of phytoplankton biomass and community composition is important for the
functioning of marine ecosystems and ocean biogeochemical cycles. However, there is a …