Deep-Sea Animal Biodiversity and Ecology
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (13 August 2023) | Viewed by 1239
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Deep-sea ecosystems are of immense importance for biogeochemical processes and cycles at a global scale with a direct impact on biodiversity. Even though technological progress has eased access to the deep ocean, it still remains largely unexplored. During the last few decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the scientific exploration of different deep ocean ecosystems, but our knowledge of the faunal communities within these systems is still limited for many locations. Increasing anthropogenic pressures on deep-sea ecosystems, from resource exploration and exploitation to pollution and climate change, will lead to a loss of biodiversity in deep-sea ecosystems, thus affecting their structure and function. Improved knowledge is needed to effectively support the emerging ocean economy and manage these emerging pressures.
This Special Issue invites novel contributions in the form of critical reviews and research papers addressing deep-sea biodiversity and ecology, with a focus on topics including but not limited to:
- Biodiversity and functioning of deep-sea ecosystems;
- Biogeography and evolution of deep-sea organisms;
- Taxonomics (metagenomics, proteomics);
- Food web and ecosystem structure;
- Metazoan adaptations, life-history traits and connectivity;
- Technological advances (imaging and visualization techniques, underwater imagery and automated species classification);
- Species distribution modelling.
Dr. Clara F. Rodrigues
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- deep-sea ecosystems
- taxonomy
- community structure
- trophic ecology
