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Title: | Recent evidence that the deep sea around Malta is a biodiversity hotspot |
Authors: | Evans, Julian Aguilar, Ricardo Alvarez, Helena Borg, Joseph A. Garcia, Silvia Knittweis, Leyla Schembri, Patrick J. |
Keywords: | Marine biodiversity -- Malta Benthos -- Malta Deep-sea ecology -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | La Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Méditerranée |
Citation: | Evans, J., Aguilar, R., Alvarez, H., Borg, J. A., Garcia, S., Knittweis, L., & Schembri, P. J. (2016). Recent evidence that the deep sea around Malta is a biodiversity hotspot. Rapport du Congrès de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Méditerranée, 41, 463. |
Abstract: | Recent ROV surveys of deep-sea areas around the Maltese Islands resulted in the discovery of highly diverse habitats, including extensive rocky areas dominated by living cold water corals and gorgonians at depths of 300–1000 m, a sub-fossil lithistid sponge reef at a depth of ca. 300 m, deep-water caves located at 270–450 m, and vast expanses of soft-bottom habitats, each of which had a rich variety of associated fauna. Most of these habitats are of high conservation interest, highlighting the need for the establishment of offshore marine protected areas in order to protect these very diverse, but highly vulnerable, deep-sea habitats. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/18338 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciBio |
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Evans et al 2016 deep sea biodiversity hotspot CIESM.pdf | presentation aid | 3.59 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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