Bringing seascape ecology to the deep seabed: A review and framework for its application

Advancing Landscape and Seascape Ecology from a 2D to a 3D Science

(2021) Christopher A Lepczyk et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The influence of seafloor terrain on fish and fisheries: A global synthesis

(2021) Hayden P. Borland et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Dynamics and fate of blue carbon in a mangrove–seagrass seascape: influence of landscape configuration and land-use change

(2021) Maria E. Asplund et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Seascape ecology: identifying research priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science

(2021) SJ Pittman et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Fine-Scale Heterogeneity of a Cold-Water Coral Reef and Its Influence on the Distribution of Associated Taxa

(2021) David M. Price et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Automated classification of fauna in seabed photographs: The impact of training and validation dataset size, with considerations for the class imbalance

(2021) Jennifer M. Durden et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Habitat Suitability Modeling to Inform Seascape Connectivity Conservation and Management

(2021) Courtney E. Stuart et al.   Diversity-Basel

Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

(2020) Roberto Danovaro et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Integrating fine‐scale seafloor mapping and spatial pattern metrics into marine conservation prioritization

(2020) Beatrice Proudfoot et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Improving the predictive capability of benthic species distribution models by incorporating oceanographic data – Towards holistic ecological modelling of a submarine canyon

(2020) T.R.R. Pearman et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Discovery of widely available abyssal rock patches reveals overlooked habitat type and prompts rethinking deep-sea biodiversity

(2020) Torben Riehl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Larval behaviour, dispersal and population connectivity in the deep sea

(2020) Stefan F. Gary et al.   Scientific Reports

Evaluating whether MPA management measures meet ecological principles for effective biodiversity protection

(2020) Charlotte R. Hopkins et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A Blueprint for an Inclusive, Global Deep-Sea Ocean Decade Field Program

(2020) Kerry L. Howell et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Local and regional scale habitat heterogeneity contribute to genetic adaptation in a commercially important marine mollusc ( Haliotis rubra ) from southeastern Australia

(2019) A. D. Miller et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Using 3D photogrammetry from ROV video to quantify cold-water coral reef structural complexity and investigate its influence on biodiversity and community assemblage

(2019) David M. Price et al.   CORAL REEFS

Potential pitfalls in rescaling digital terrain model-derived attributes for ecological studies

(2019) Vítězslav Moudrý et al.   Ecological Informatics

Review and meta-analysis of the importance of remotely sensed habitat structural complexity in marine ecology

(2019) Daniel R. Pygas et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Evaluating the ecological status of cold-water coral habitats using non-invasive methods: An example from Cassidaigne canyon, northwestern Mediterranean Sea

(2019) Marie-Claire Fabri et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Recent pace of change in human impact on the world’s ocean

(2019) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   Scientific Reports

Ecological niche models and species distribution models in marine environments: A literature review and spatial analysis of evidence

(2019) Sara M. Melo-Merino et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Are deep-sea ecosystems surrounding Madagascar threatened by land-use or climate change?

(2018) Christophe Fontanier et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Seascape models reveal places to focus coastal fisheries management

(2018) Kostantinos A. Stamoulis et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Integrating distribution models and habitat classification maps into marine protected area planning

(2018) Renata Ferrari et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Can single classifiers be as useful as model ensembles to produce benthic seabed substratum maps?

(2018) Joseph A. Turner et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

multifit: an R function for multi-scale analysis in landscape ecology

(2018) Pablo Yair Huais   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

How can landscape ecology contribute to sustainability science?

(2018) Paul Opdam et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

A Multidisciplinary Approach for Generating Globally Consistent Data on Mesophotic, Deep-Pelagic, and Bathyal Biological Communities

(2018) Lucy Woodall et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Quantifying spatial heterogeneity in submarine canyons

(2018) Khaira Ismail et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

On the ecological relevance of landscape mapping and its application in the spatial planning of very large marine protected areas

(2018) Oliver T. Hogg et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Global Carbon Cycling on a Heterogeneous Seafloor

(2018) Paul V.R. Snelgrove et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The influence of different deep-sea coral habitats on sediment macrofaunal community structure and function

(2018) Jill R. Bourque et al.   PeerJ

How has the state-of-the-art for quantification of landscape pattern advanced in the twenty-first century?

(2018) Eric J. Gustafson   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Ecological connectivity across ocean depths: Implications for protected area design

(2018) Bethan C. O'Leary et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Connectivity modelling of areas closed to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems in the northwest Atlantic

(2018) Ellen Kenchington et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

A review of the influence of marine habitat classification schemes on mapping studies: inherent assumptions, influence on end products, and suggestions for future developments

(2018) James Asa Strong et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Megafaunal variation in the abyssal landscape of the Clarion Clipperton Zone

(2018) Erik Simon-Lledó et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Seascapes are landscapes after all; Comment on Manderson (2016): Seascapes are not landscapes: an analysis performed using Bernhard Riemann's rules. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 73:1831–1838

(2017) Susan S. Bell et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Explaining island-wide geographical patterns of Caribbean fish diversity: A multi-scale seascape ecology approach

(2017) Linn Sekund et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Glacial dropstones: islands enhancing seafloor species richness of benthic megafauna in West Antarctic Peninsula fjords

(2017) AF Ziegler et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Invertebrate population genetics across Earth's largest habitat: The deep-sea floor

(2017) M. L. Taylor et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Considering reefscape configuration and composition in biophysical models advance seascape genetics

(2017) Simon Van Wynsberge et al.   PLoS One

Incorporating seascape connectivity in conservation prioritisation

(2017) Rebecca Weeks   PLoS One

Glacial dropstones: islands enhancing seafloor species richness of benthic megafauna in West Antarctic Peninsula fjords

(2017) AF Ziegler et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Comparing Selections of Environmental Variables for Ecological Studies: A Focus on Terrain Attributes

(2017) Vincent Lecours et al.   PLoS One

New approaches to high-resolution mapping of marine vertical structures

(2017) Katleen Robert et al.   Scientific Reports

Cross-species transmission potential between wild pigs, livestock, poultry, wildlife, and humans: implications for disease risk management in North America

(2017) Ryan S. Miller et al.   Scientific Reports

Effectiveness of a deep-sea cold-water coral Marine Protected Area, following eight years of fisheries closure

(2016) V.A.I. Huvenne et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Improving predictive mapping of deep-water habitats: Considering multiple model outputs and ensemble techniques

(2016) Katleen Robert et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Seascape structure and complexity influence temperate seagrass fish assemblage composition

(2016) Thomas A. B. Staveley et al.   ECOGRAPHY

LecoS — A python plugin for automated landscape ecology analysis

(2016) Martin Jung   Ecological Informatics

Seascapes are not landscapes: an analysis performed using Bernhard Riemann's rules: Table 1.

(2016) John Pilling Manderson   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Pelagic seascape ecology for operational fisheries oceanography: modelling and predicting spawning distribution of Atlantic bluefin tuna in Western Mediterranean

(2016) Diego Alvarez-Berastegui et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Seascapes as a new vernacular for pelagic ocean monitoring, management and conservation

(2016) Maria T. Kavanaugh et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Multi-scale habitat selection modeling: a review and outlook

(2016) Kevin McGarigal et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

A synthesis of genetic connectivity in deep-sea fauna and implications for marine reserve design

(2016) Amy R. Baco et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Metapopulation dynamics guide marine reserve design: importance of connectivity, demographics, and stock enhancement

(2016) B. J. Puckett et al.   Ecosphere

Seafloor heterogeneity influences the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships in the deep sea

(2016) Daniela Zeppilli et al.   Scientific Reports

Landscape mapping at sub-Antarctic South Georgia provides a protocol for underpinning large-scale marine protected areas

(2016) Oliver T. Hogg et al.   Scientific Reports

Understanding and quantifying landscape structure – A review on relevant process characteristics, data models and landscape metrics

(2015) Angela Lausch et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Quantifying the conservation value of seascape connectivity: a global synthesis

(2015) Andrew D. Olds et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Combined application of biophysical habitat mapping and systematic conservation planning to assess efficiency and representativeness of the existing High Seas MPA network in the Northeast Atlantic

(2015) Jon L. Evans et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Spatial scale and geographic context in benthic habitat mapping: review and future directions

(2015) V Lecours et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Objective automated classification technique for marine landscape mapping in submarine canyons

(2015) Khaira Ismail et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Abyssal hills – hidden source of increased habitat heterogeneity, benthic megafaunal biomass and diversity in the deep sea

(2015) Jennifer M. Durden et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Spatial scale and geographic context in benthic habitat mapping: review and future directions

(2015) V Lecours et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Topographic determinants of mobile vertebrate predator hotspots: current knowledge and future directions

(2014) Phil J. Bouchet et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

An evaluation of supervised and unsupervised classification techniques for marine benthic habitat mapping using multibeam echosounder data

(2014) Jay Calvert et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

On a landscape ecology of a harlequin environment: the marine landscape

(2014) Dennis E. Jelinski   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Challenging the paradigms of deep-sea ecology

(2014) Roberto Danovaro et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Assessing connectivity in a tropical embayment: Fish migrations and seascape ecology

(2013) Charlotte Berkström et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Mapping coral and sponge habitats on a shelf-depth environment using multibeam sonar and ROV video observations: Learmonth Bank, northern British Columbia, Canada

(2013) Bárbara M. Neves et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Spatial scale-dependent habitat heterogeneity influences submarine canyon macrofaunal abundance and diversity off the Main and Northwest Hawaiian Islands

(2013) Fabio C. De Leo et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Megafaunal distribution and biodiversity in a heterogeneous landscape: the iceberg-scoured Rockall Bank, NE Atlantic

(2013) K Robert et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Macrofaunal Diversity Components Relative to Sea Floor Landscape Structure

(2013) Roman N. Zajac et al.   PLoS One

From principles to practice: a spatial approach to systematic conservation planning in the deep sea

(2013) L. M. Wedding et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hierarchical and dynamic seascapes: A quantitative framework for scaling pelagic biogeochemistry and ecology

(2013) Maria T. Kavanaugh et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Response of megabenthic assemblages to different scales of habitat heterogeneity on the Mauritanian slope

(2012) Daniel O.B. Jones et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Use of predictive habitat modelling to assess the distribution and extent of the current protection of ‘listed’ deep-sea habitats

(2012) Rebecca E. Ross et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Coupling hydrodynamic and individual-based models to simulate long-term larval supply to coastal nursery areas

(2012) SEBASTIEN ROCHETTE et al.   FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY

Global habitat suitability of cold-water octocorals

(2012) Chris Yesson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Ploughing the deep sea floor

(2012) Pere Puig et al.   NATURE

Landscape ecology and biogeography

(2012) John A. Kupfer   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

First observations of jelly-falls at the seafloor in a deep-sea fjord

(2011) Andrew K. Sweetman et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Benthic habitat mapping: A review of progress towards improved understanding of the spatial ecology of the seafloor using acoustic techniques

(2011) Craig J. Brown et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Diel movements of fishes linked to benthic seascape structure in a Caribbean coral reef ecosystem

(2011) S Hitt et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Quantifying seascape structure: extending terrestrial spatial pattern metrics to the marine realm

(2011) LM Wedding et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Seascape ecology of coastal biogenic habitats: advances, gaps, and challenges

(2011) C Boström et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Multi-Scale Approach for Predicting Fish Species Distributions across Coral Reef Seascapes

(2011) Simon J. Pittman et al.   PLoS One

Man and the Last Great Wilderness: Human Impact on the Deep Sea

(2011) Eva Ramirez-Llodra et al.   PLoS One

Comparison of methods for integrating biological and physical data for marine habitat mapping and classification

(2010) E.J. Shumchenia et al.   CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH

The effect of landscape composition and configuration on the spatial distribution of temperate demersal fish

(2010) Cordelia H. Moore et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Habitat heterogeneity, disturbance, and productivity work in concert to regulate biodiversity in deep submarine canyons

(2010) Craig R. McClain et al.   ECOLOGY

On the use of abiotic surrogates to describe marine benthic biodiversity

(2010) M.A. McArthur et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

The roles of habitat heterogeneity in generating and maintaining biodiversity on continental margins: an introduction

(2010) Lisa A. Levin et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Local-scale faunal turnover on the deep Pacific seafloor

(2010) CR McClain et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Patterns of scale-dependency and the influence of map resolution on the seascape ecology of reef fish

(2010) MS Kendall et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Untangling Natural Seascape Variation from Marine Reserve Effects Using a Landscape Approach

(2010) Brittany E. Huntington et al.   PLoS One

Species Distribution Models: Ecological Explanation and Prediction Across Space and Time

(2009) Jane Elith et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

A protocol for classifying ecologically relevant marine zones, a statistical approach

(2009) Els Verfaillie et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Prediction of benthic biotopes on a Norwegian offshore bank using a combination of multivariate analysis and GIS classification

(2009) P. Buhl-Mortensen et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Multi-scale fish–habitat associations and the use of habitat surrogates to predict the organisation and abundance of deep-water fish assemblages

(2009) Tara J. Anderson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Surface metrics: an alternative to patch metrics for the quantification of landscape structure

(2009) Kevin McGarigal et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

The influence of geological, geochemical, and biogenic habitat heterogeneity on seep biodiversity

(2009) Erik E. Cordes et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Fuzzy clustering for seafloor classification

(2009) V. Lucieer et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Linking spatial metrics and fish catch reveals the importance of coastal wetland connectivity to inshore fisheries in Queensland, Australia

(2008) J.-O. Meynecke et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Southern Ocean deep-sea biodiversity: sampling strategies and predicting responses to climate change

(2008) S Kaiser et al.   CLIMATE RESEARCH

Parsimony in landscape metrics: Strength, universality, and consistency

(2008) Samuel A. Cushman et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Landscape ecology as a foundation for sustainable conservation

(2008) John A. Wiens   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY