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ana hilário

University of Aveiro

Aveiro, Portugal

Specialty Chief Editor

Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology
eva ramirez-llodra

REV Ocean

Oslo, Norway

Specialty Chief Editor

Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology
sophie arnaud-haond

UMR9190 Centre Pour la Biodiversité Marine, l'exploitation et la Conservation (MARBEC)

Sete, France

Associate Editor

Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology
jacopo aguzzi

Institute of Marine Sciences, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

Barcelona, Spain

Associate Editor

Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

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Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Guidelines

Submit your research

Author guidelines

Editor guidelines

Peer review

Publishing fees

Editors

ana hilário

eva ramirez-llodra

sophie arnaud-haond

jacopo aguzzi

Articles

Deep learning–assisted biodiversity assessment in deep-sea benthic megafauna communities: a case study in the context of polymetallic nodule mining

Industrial mining trial for polymetallic nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone indicates complex and variable disturbances of meiofaunal communities

Marine lebensspuren: improving the classification of seafloor traces from underwater imagery and observations

The importance of the soluble and colloidal pools for trace metal cycling in deep-sea pore waters

Research Topics

From Cold Seeps to Hydrothermal Vents: Geology, Chemistry, Microbiology, and Ecology in Marine and Coastal Environments

Environmental Impacts & Risks of Deep-Sea Mining: Recommendations for Exploitation Regulations

Submarine Canyons: Human Connections to the Deep Sea

Data acquisition and processing strategies for the development of ecological indicators in the exploration and monitoring of deep-sea ecosystems under natural and anthropogenic changes