A strategy for the conservation of biodiversity on mid-ocean ridges from deep-sea mining

Faulting and off-axis submarine massive sulfide accumulation at slow spreading mid-ocean ridges: A numerical modeling perspective

(2017) C. Andersen et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities

(2017) Sabine Gollner et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Major impacts of climate change on deep-sea benthic ecosystems

(2017) Andrew K. Sweetman et al.   Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene

Hydrothermal exploration of mid-ocean ridges: Where might the largest sulfide deposits be forming?

(2016) Christopher R. German et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Biophysical and Population Genetic Models Predict the Presence of “Phantom” Stepping Stones Connecting Mid-Atlantic Ridge Vent Ecosystems

(2016) Corinna Breusing et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Community structure and diversity of scavenging amphipods from bathyal to hadal depths in three South Pacific Trenches

(2016) Nichola C. Lacey et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Nestedness and species replacement along bathymetric gradients in the deep sea reflect productivity: a test with polychaete assemblages in the oligotrophic north-west Gulf of Mexico

(2016) Carol T. Stuart et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

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

Deep-sea diversity patterns are shaped by energy availability

(2016) Skipton N. C. Woolley et al.   NATURE

Biodiversity response to natural gradients of multiple stressors on continental margins

(2016) Erik A. Sperling et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sensitivity of marine protected area network connectivity to atmospheric variability

(2016) Alan D. Fox et al.   Royal Society Open Science

The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor

(2016) Madeline C. Weiss et al.   Nature Microbiology

Increasing the Depth of Current Understanding: Sensitivity Testing of Deep-Sea Larval Dispersal Models for Ecologists

(2016) Rebecca E. Ross et al.   PLoS One

Toward a Conceptual Understanding of β-Diversity in the Deep-Sea Benthos

(2015) Craig R. McClain et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

The effectiveness of marine reserve systems constructed using different surrogates of biodiversity

(2015) P.R. Sutcliffe et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Hybridization and the species problem in conservation

(2015) Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick et al.   Current Zoology

Biodiversity patterns, environmental drivers and indicator species on a high-temperature hydrothermal edifice, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

(2015) Jozée Sarrazin et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Semiautomatic fracture zone tracking

(2015) Paul Wessel et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

When biogeographical provinces collide: hybridization of reef fishes at the crossroads of marine biogeographical provinces in the Arabian Sea

(2015) Joseph D. DiBattista et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

And on Top of All That… Coping with Ocean Acidification in the Midst of Many Stressors

(2015) Denise Breitberg et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

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

Managing mining of the deep seabed

(2015) L. M. Wedding et al.   SCIENCE

The deep ocean under climate change

(2015) Lisa A. Levin et al.   SCIENCE

Hybridization and the species problem in conservation

(2015) Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick et al.   Current Zoology

When is a marine protected area network ecologically coherent? A case study from the North-east Atlantic

(2014) David Johnson et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Temperature impacts on deep-sea biodiversity

(2014) Moriaki Yasuhara et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Predicting the distribution of deep-sea vulnerable marine ecosystems using high-resolution data: Considerations and novel approaches

(2014) Anna M. Rengstorf et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

β-diversity of deep-sea holothurians and asteroids along a bathymetric gradient (NE Atlantic)

(2014) MC Wagstaff et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Impacts of anthropogenic disturbances at deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems: A review

(2014) Cindy Lee Van Dover   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Geomorphology of the oceans

(2014) P.T. Harris et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Environmental variability and biodiversity of megabenthos on the Hebrides Terrace Seamount (Northeast Atlantic)

(2014) Lea-Anne Henry et al.   Scientific Reports

A global assessment of seamount ecosystems knowledge using an ecosystem evaluation framework

(2013) Kristina Ø. Kvile et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Explaining bathymetric diversity patterns in marine benthic invertebrates and demersal fishes: physiological contributions to adaptation of life at depth

(2013) Alastair Brown et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Meiofauna assemblages of the Condor Seamount (North-East Atlantic Ocean) and adjacent deep-sea sediments

(2013) Daniela Zeppilli et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Organic matter composition and macrofaunal diversity in sediments of the Condor Seamount (Azores, NE Atlantic)

(2013) Lucia Bongiorni et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Midwater fishes collected in the vicinity of the Sub-Polar Front, Mid-North Atlantic Ocean, during ECOMAR pelagic sampling

(2013) Tracey T. Sutton et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Trawled megafaunal invertebrate assemblages from bathyal depth of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (48°–54°N)

(2013) Claudia H.S. Alt et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Contrasting patterns of α- and β-diversity in deep-sea bivalves of the eastern and western North Atlantic

(2013) Solange Brault et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

An authoritative global database for active submarine hydrothermal vent fields

(2013) Stace E. Beaulieu et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Megafauna of the Charlie–Gibbs Fracture Zone (northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge) based on video observations

(2013) A.V. Gebruk et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Mining of deep-sea seafloor massive sulfides: A review of the deposits, their benthic communities, impacts from mining, regulatory frameworks and management strategies

(2013) R.E. Boschen et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Using Species-Area Relationships to Inform Baseline Conservation Targets for the Deep North East Atlantic

(2013) Nicola L. Foster et al.   PLoS One

Does Presence of a Mid-Ocean Ridge Enhance Biomass and Biodiversity?

(2013) Imants G. Priede 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

Linking benthic hydrodynamics and cold-water coral occurrences: A high-resolution model study at three cold-water coral provinces in the NE Atlantic

(2013) Christian Mohn et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Biotic and Human Vulnerability to Projected Changes in Ocean Biogeochemistry over the 21st Century

(2013) Camilo Mora et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Lower bathyal and abyssal distribution of coral in the axial volcanic ridge of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 45°N

(2012) Kirsty Morris 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

Global patterns in efficiency of particulate organic carbon export and transfer to the deep ocean

(2012) Stephanie A. Henson et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Food availability outweighs ocean acidification effects in juvenileMytilus edulis: laboratory and field experiments

(2012) Jörn Thomsen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Exploring the role of environmental variables in shaping patterns of seabed biodiversity composition in regional-scale ecosystems

(2012) C. Roland Pitcher et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

A biological survey method applied to seafloor massive sulphides (SMS) with contagiously distributed hydrothermal-vent fauna

(2012) PC Collins et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Towards High-Resolution Habitat Suitability Modeling of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the Deep-Sea: Resolving Terrain Attribute Dependencies

(2012) Anna M. Rengstorf et al.   MARINE GEODESY

Genetic Connectivity between North and South Mid-Atlantic Ridge Chemosynthetic Bivalves and Their Symbionts

(2012) Karina van der Heijden et al.   PLoS One

A proposed biogeography of the deep ocean floor

(2012) Les Watling et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Services from the deep: Steps towards valuation of deep sea goods and services

(2012) Claire W. Armstrong et al.   Ecosystem Services

An Overview of CMIP5 and the Experiment Design

(2011) Karl E. Taylor et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Further evidence for the effect of particle-size diversity on deep-sea benthic biodiversity

(2011) Daniel Leduc et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Mapping ecosystem service supply, demand and budgets

(2011) Benjamin Burkhard et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

The abundance of seafloor massive sulfide deposits

(2011) M. Hannington et al.   GEOLOGY

New global seamount census from altimetry-derived gravity data

(2011) Seung-Sep Kim et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Warming up, turning sour, losing breath: ocean biogeochemistry under global change

(2011) N. Gruber   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Deep-Water Chemosynthetic Ecosystem Research during the Census of Marine Life Decade and Beyond: A Proposed Deep-Ocean Road Map

(2011) Christopher R. German et al.   PLoS One

A benthic classification system to aid in the implementation of marine protected area networks in the deep/high seas of the NE Atlantic

(2010) Kerry L. Howell   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The utility and limitations of size and spacing guidelines for designing marine protected area (MPA) networks

(2010) Elizabeth A. Moffitt et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Deep-sea bio-physical variables as surrogates for biological assemblages, an example from the Lord Howe Rise

(2010) Tara J. Anderson et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Mining seafloor massive sulphides and biodiversity: what is at risk?

(2010) C. L. Van Dover   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Hawaiian hotspots: enhanced megafaunal abundance and diversity in submarine canyons on the oceanic islands of Hawaii

(2010) Eric W. Vetter et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Incongruent patterns of genetic connectivity among four ophiuroid species with differing coral host specificity on North Atlantic seamounts

(2010) Walter Cho et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

What can genetics tell us about population connectivity?

(2010) WINSOR H. LOWE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Biodiversity's Big Wet Secret: The Global Distribution of Marine Biological Records Reveals Chronic Under-Exploration of the Deep Pelagic Ocean

(2010) Thomas J. Webb et al.   PLoS One

Global Patterns and Predictions of Seafloor Biomass Using Random Forests

(2010) Chih-Lin Wei et al.   PLoS One

Designing marine reserve networks for both conservation and fisheries management

(2010) S. D. Gaines et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evidence for a chemoautotrophically based food web at inactive hydrothermal vents (Manus Basin)

(2009) K.L. Erickson et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Marxan with Zones: Software for optimal conservation based land- and sea-use zoning

(2009) Matthew E. Watts et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE

Global Exploration Models for Polymetallic Sulphides in the Area: An Assessment of Lease Block Selection under the Draft Regulations on Prospecting and Exploration for Polymetallic Sulphides

(2009) Mark Hannington et al.   MARINE GEORESOURCES & GEOTECHNOLOGY

Three initial OSPAR tests of ecological coherence: heuristics in a data-limited situation

(2008) J. A. Ardron   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Rugosity-based regional modeling of hard-bottom habitat

(2008) DC Dunn et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Global mapping of ecosystem services and conservation priorities

(2008) R. Naidoo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Abyssal food limitation, ecosystem structure and climate change

(2008) C SMITH et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION