Publication Date:
2024-04-20
Description:
Obtaining a comprehensive knowledge of the spatial variation of deep-sea benthic ecosystems is essential for conservation and management purposes. Here we assembled publicly available information on the positions of vulnerable marine ecosystem indicator species from public databases (OBIS, NOAA and ICES), the published literature and from focused efforts from the Logachev Mounds (NE Atlantic), Tropic Seamount (NE tropical Atlantic) and Bermuda for depths below 200 m. Taxa included hexacorals, octocorals, hydroids, sponges, hydrothermal vents associated species (bivalves, decapods), crinoids and xenophyophores.
Keywords:
areas beyond national jurisdiction; ATLAS; A Trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe; cold-water corals; crinoids; Deep-sea; Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic; hydrothermal vents; MAPGES; MarineE-tech; octocorals; scleractinians; Sponges; SponGES; vulnerable marine ecosystems
Type:
Dataset
Format:
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet, 5.8 MBytes
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