A comprehensive understanding of the deep-sea environment and mining's likely impacts is
necessary to assess whether and under what conditions deep-seabed mining operations …

Seamounts are ecological oases nurturing abundant fisheries resources and epibenthic
megafauna in the vast oligotrophic ocean. Despite their significance, the formation …

To protect the range of habitats, species, and ecosystem functions in the Clarion Clipperton
Zone (CCZ), a region of interest for deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining in the Pacific, nine …

Abstract The Central Arctic Ocean is one of the most oligotrophic oceans on Earth because
of its sea-ice cover and short productive season. Nonetheless, across the peaks of extinct …

Amongst other factors, topographic features can influence the genetic variability among
populations of marine organisms. This applies to host species but also to their parasites …

It is generally believed that the enhancement of phytoplankton appears only in shallow and
intermediate depth seamounts, while the phenomenon has also been observed in some …

Seamounts are ubiquitous features in the world ocean with potential for increasing plankton
biodiversity and abundance, and providing important habitats for aquatic predators …

In the relatively unproductive waters of the tropical ocean, islands can enhance
phytoplankton biomass and create hotspots of productivity and biodiversity that sustain …

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 …

Demersal deep-sea fish assemblages from islands and seamounts are poorly described,
even in the Hawaiian archipelago. Knowledge across all depths, in similar settings, is even …