Understanding the vulnerability of marine calcifiers to ocean acidification is a critical issue,
especially in the Southern Ocean (SO), which is likely to be the one of the first, and most …

Knowledge of life on the Southern Ocean seafloor has substantially grown since the
beginning of this century with increasing ship-based surveys and regular monitoring sites …

The Southern Ocean is showing one of the most rapid responses to human‐induced global
change, thus acting as a sentinel of the effects on marine species and ecosystems. Ocean …

Ecosystem-based conservation that includes carbon sinks, alongside a linked carbon credit
system, as part of a nature-based solution to combating climate change, could help reduce …

The objectives of the present study were to characterize the benthic invertebrate
communities at the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Namuncurá/Burdwood bank (created by …

Abstract The Central and South Atlantic represents a vast ocean area and is home to a
diverse range of ecosystems and species. Nevertheless, and similar to the rest of the global …

Hexacorals are important components of macrobenthic communities in the Southern Ocean,
dominating Antarctic continental shelves. Most of the 119 sea anemones recorded for the …

In the Antarctic seas, where hard substrates are scarce, the presence of secondary bio-
substrates formed by calcareous organisms is an essential condition to increase the …

The biogeography of the Southern Ocean and its subdivisions has attracted the interest of
the scientific community for many years, especially for those border regions with great sub …

To synergistically tackle nature loss and climate change, the few remaining intact carbon-
rich habitats need to be prioritised in conservation efforts (Smith et al., 2022). By protecting …