Parasitism is the most common consumer strategy among organisms, yet only recently has
there been a call for the inclusion of infectious disease agents in food webs. The value of …

Deep-sea fishes inhabit∼ 75% of the biosphere and are a critical part of deep-sea food
webs. Diet analysis and more recent trophic biomarker approaches, such as stable isotopes …

Microplastics are widespread in the natural environment and present numerous ecological
threats. While the ultimate fate of marine microplastics are not well known, it is hypothesized …

" There are more coral species in deep, cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs. This broad-
ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water …

The goal of this paper is to review current impacts of human activities on the deep-sea floor
ecosystem, and to predict anthropogenic changes to this ecosystem by the year 2025. The …

For years scientists viewed the deep sea as calm, quiet, and undisturbed, with marine
species existing in an ecologically stable and uniform environment. Recent discoveries have …

Enrichment of the stable isotopes 13 C and 15 N across trophic levels is a commonly used
tool in studies on organic matter flow and food webs. However, there is still no accepted …

Although evidence suggests the ubiquity of microplastics in the marine environment, our
knowledge of its occurrence within remote habitats, such as the deep sea, is scarce …

A major change in the community structure of the dominant epibenthic megafauna was
observed at 4100 meters depth in the northeast Pacific and was synchronous to a major El …

A radical change in the abundance of invertebrate megafauna on the Porcupine Abyssal
Plain is reported over a period of 10 years (1989–1999). Actiniarians, annelids …