A global assessment of seamount ecosystems knowledge using an ecosystem evaluation framework.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Kvile, Kristina Ø.; Taranto, Gerald H.; Pitcher, Tony J.; Morato, Telmo
- Source
- Biological Conservation. May2014, Vol. 173, p108-120. 13p.
- Subject
- *SEAMOUNT animals
*ECOSYSTEM management
*BIOLOGICAL databases
*POPULATION biology
*BIOGEOGRAPHY
*DEEP-sea animals
- Language
- ISSN
- 0006-3207
Highlights: [•] We developed a Seamount Ecosystem Evaluation Framework (SEEF) and database. [•] Only 0.4–4.0% of the world estimated seamount population have been sampled. [•] Seamounts present heterogeneous geophysical settings. [•] The diversity of seamount morphology and functioning have management implications. [•] SEEF constitutes a tool to identify features playing a key role in the deep-sea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]