The seabed plays a key role in the marine carbon cycle as a) the terminal location of aerobic
oxidation of organic matter, b) the greatest anaerobic bioreactor, and c) the greatest …

The abyssal seafloor covers more than 50% of the Earth and is postulated to be both a
reservoir of biodiversity and a source of important ecosystem services. We show that …

This revised edition of a popular textbook is written for students, physical oceanographers,
engineers, hydrologists, fisheries experts and a number of other professionals who require …

The shelf waters of the northern Bering and Chukchi Seas are ice-covered for 7 mo of the
year, but despite this harsh environment, they are characterized by high benthic biomass …

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 …

The heavily-revised Practical Handbook of Marine Science, Fourth Edition continues its
tradition as a state-of-the-art reference that updates the field of marine science to meet the …

Abstract A 0· 25 m 2 United States Naval Electronics Laboratory☐ corer was used to take
replicate samples from an oligotrophic bottom under the North Pacific Central Water Mass …

Fisheries of enclosed and semi‐enclosed seas provide the first basis for evaluating human
impacts on marine ecosystems. These have become of serious concern before similar …

1.1 Background Since sediments are the ultimate repository of most of the contaminants that
enter Australia's waterways, it is appropriate that regulatory attention address the ecological …

A review of experiments in which large, epibenthic predators are excluded from soft-
sediment marine benthic communities in unvegetated portions of estuaries and lagoons and …