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Review

Published on 17 Oct 2025

The influence of habitat heterogeneity and disturbance on benthic community structure in deep-sea polymetallic nodule environments and management implications for seabed mining

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Ailish Ullmann
Ashley A. Rowden
Daniel Leduc
Daniela Zeppilli

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1650660

633 views

Mini Review

Accepted on 16 Oct 2025

Beyond the Plains: Deep-Sea Mining of Polymetallic Nodules on and around Seamounts

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Cherisse Du Preez
Heidi Gartner
Sheryl Murdock
Verena Tunnicliffe

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1666150

347 views

Original Research

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Effects of bed composition on turbidity flow dynamics in relation to flocculation

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Shaheen Akhtar Wahab
Claire Chassagne
Rudy Helmons

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1656243

107 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Oct 2025

Effects of slope instability on pockmark deformation on the continental slope in the southern South China Sea

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Zhihao Liu
Ziyin Wu
Yang Liu
Jihong Shang
Jieqiong Zhou
Jialing Zhang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1605830

2,014 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 26 Sep 2025

Confirmation of hard-substrate predictions in the abyssal Vema Fracture Zone

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Torben Riehl
Linus Budke
Angelika Brandt
Mats Henseler
Pedro Martínez Arbizu
Farzaneh Momtazi
Nico Augustin

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1674707

2,590 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Sep 2025

Diving into the deep: fungal diversity in the newly discovered hydrothermal vents of Hatiba Mons, Red Sea

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Júnia Schultz
Sharifah Altalhi
Froukje M. van der Zwan
Nico Augustin
Alexandre Soares Rosado

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1649339

1,857 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 19 Sep 2025

Deep-sea sedimentary cave structures: geology or fish-made?

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Camilla M. Marnor
Alban Souche
Ebbe H. Hartz
Maja L. Jæger
Daniel W. Schmid

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1666456

2,622 views

Original Research

Published on 10 Sep 2025

The spatial distribution relationship between mesoscale eddies and chub mackerel and its preliminary analysis of causes in the Northwest Pacific Ocean

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Xiumei Fan
Xuesen Cui
Shenglong Yang
Fenghua Tang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1634527

2,292 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Sep 2025

The dynamic mechanism of north-south tectonic disparities in the Rakhine Offshore Basin of Myanmar

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Xuefeng Wang
Gui Fang
Hongping Wang
Guozhang Fan
Guoping Zuo
Xiaoyong Xu
Zhili Yang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1633707

1,751 views

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Aug 2025

A Finding of Maintained Cryonotothenioid Nesting Sites in the Western Weddell Sea

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Russell Benjamin Connelly
Lucy C Woodall
Alex David Rogers
Michelle L Taylor

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1648168

763 views

Original Research

Published on 20 Aug 2025

Internal tides drive spatial variation in impact areas of deep-sea mining plumes at seamounts

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Naoki Saito
Travis W. Washburn
Masayuki Nagao
Hiroko Kamoshida
Atsushi Suzuki

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1603902

1,706 views

Original Research

Published on 16 Jul 2025

Cold-water coral mounds and reefs off Mauritania and associated megafauna

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Hammoud El Vadhel
Lene Buhl-Mortensen
Mohamed El Khalil Med Mahmoud
Yeslem El Vally
Beyah Meissa
François Le Loc’h
Lenaick Menot

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1575636

2,488 views

Original Research

Published on 15 Jul 2025

Xenophyophore-associated mitogenomes: genomic investigations of two specimens from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Romain Gastineau
Kamila Mianowicz
Przemysław Dąbek
Christian Otis
Claude Lemieux
Monique Turmel
Brygida Wawrzyniak-Wydrowska
Valcana Stoyanova
Artur Krawcewicz
Rafał J. Wróbel

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1582660

1,508 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Jul 2025

Ecosystem changes in deep Eastern Mediterranean: a comparison between 1989 and 2023

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Alessandra Kostantchouk
Cristina Gambi
Marco Lo Martire
Cinzia Corinaldesi
Antonio Dell’Anno
Michael Tangherlini
Roberto Danovaro

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1612914

1,725 views

Mini Review

Published on 02 Jun 2025

Unravelling the enigma of discontinuous sedimentary deposits in cold-water coral mounds in the Atlantic Ocean

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Dierk Hebbeln
Claudia Wienberg

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1611432

1,712 views

Review

Published on 14 Apr 2025

Connectivity in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone: a review

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Lara Macheriotou
Sven Rossel
Massimiliano Molari
Pedro Martinez Arbizu
Saskia Brix
Magdalini Christodoulou
Pierre-Antoine Dessandier
Ana Hilário
Felix Janssen
Erik Simon-Lledó

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1547803

4,235 views