The carbonate factories model, as defined at the beginning of the century, provides a
subdivision of marine carbonate sediment production‐systems based on the style of …

The deep sea is amongst the most food‐limited habitats on Earth, as only a small fraction (<
4%) of the surface primary production is exported below 200 m water depth. Here, cold …

Circulation patterns in the North Atlantic Ocean have changed and re-organized multiple
times over millions of years, influencing the biodiversity, distribution, and connectivity …

Strong currents are a key component of benthic habitats by supplying food and nutrients to
filter-feeding organisms such as cold-water corals. Although field measurements show that …

Changing global climate due to anthropogenic emissions of CO2 are driving rapid changes
in the physical and chemical environment of the oceans via warming, deoxygenation, and …

Thriving benthic communities were observed in the oxygen minimum zones along the
southwestern African margin. On the Namibian margin, fossil cold-water coral mounds were …

The capture efficiency and feeding behaviour of the cold-water coral (CWC) Lophelia
pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758) were investigated considering:(1) different food types,(2) different …

Cold-water corals (CWCs) are important ecosystem engineers in the deep sea that provide
habitat for numerous species and can form large coral mounds. These mounds influence …

Despite bottom trawling being the most widespread, severe disturbance affecting deep-sea
environments, it remains uncertain whether recovery is possible once trawling has ceased …

Over the recent years, two research fields addressing continental slope sedimentary
systems have gained significant momentum: contourites and cold-water coral mounds …