Environmental impacts of the deep-water oil and gas industry: a review to guide management strategies

EE Cordes, DOB Jones, TA Schlacher… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The industrialization of the deep sea is expanding worldwide. Increasing oil and gas
exploration activities in the absence of sufficient baseline data in deep-sea ecosystems has …

[HTML][HTML] Incidental catch of vulnerable species in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries–A review

P Carpentieri, A Nastasi, M Sessa, A Srour - 2021 - books.google.com
Bycatch–a term widely used to refer to part of the catch unintentionally caught during a
fishing operation, in addition to target species, and consisting of the discards and incidental …

Deep cold‐water corals as nurseries for fish larvae

S Baillon, JF Hamel, VE Wareham… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
As a consequence of the decline of numerous commercial fish populations, an ecosystem‐
based approach to fisheries management, which includes the protection of essential fish …

Use of RAD sequencing for delimiting species

E Pante, J Abdelkrim, A Viricel, D Gey, SC France… - Heredity, 2015 - nature.com
RAD-tag sequencing is a promising method for conducting genome-wide evolutionary
studies. However, to date, only a handful of studies empirically tested its applicability above …

RAD sequencing enables unprecedented phylogenetic resolution and objective species delimitation in recalcitrant divergent taxa

S Herrera, TM Shank - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2016 - Elsevier
Species delimitations is problematic in many cases due to the difficulty of evaluating
predictions from species hypotheses. In many cases delimitations rely on subjective …

A review of current knowledge on reproductive and larval processes of deep-sea corals

RG Waller, S Goode, D Tracey, J Johnstone, A Mercier - Marine Biology, 2023 - Springer
The presence of corals living in deep waters around the globe has been documented in
various publications since the late 1800s, when the first research vessels set sail on multi …

Out of sight, but within reach: A global history of bottom-trawled deep-sea fisheries from> 400 m depth

L Victorero, L Watling, ML Deng Palomares… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Deep-sea fish species are targeted globally by bottom trawling. The species captured are
often characterized by longevity, low fecundity and slow growth making them vulnerable to …

Long-term impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea corals detected after seven years of monitoring

F Girard, CR Fisher - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
Cold-water corals form high biodiversity habitats in the deep sea. They are generally long-
lived, slow-growing, and thus particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic impact. We used high …

Habitat features and their influence on the restoration potential of marine habitats in Europe

T Bekkby, N Papadopoulou, D Fiorentino… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
To understand the restoration potential of degraded habitats, it is important to know the key
processes and habitat features that allow for recovery after disturbance. As part of the EU …

Selection in coral mitogenomes, with insights into adaptations in the deep sea

NI Ramos, DM DeLeo, J Horowitz, CS McFadden… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Corals are a dominant benthic fauna that occur across a vast range of depths from just
below the ocean's surface to the abyssopelagic zone. However, little is known about the …