Megafaunal ecology of the western Clarion Clipperton Zone

JM Durden, M Putts, S Bingo, AB Leitner… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) is a vast area of the central Pacific Ocean where the
abyssal seabed is a focus for future polymetallic nodule mining. Broad-scale environmental …

Synaphobranchid eel swarms on abyssal seamounts: Largest aggregation of fishes ever observed at abyssal depths

AB Leitner, JM Durden, CR Smith, ED Klingberg… - Deep Sea Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
The abyssal seafloor makes up three quarters of the ocean floor, and it is generally
characterized as a food-limited habitat with low numbers of megafauna, particularly fishes …