ATLAS Deliverable 3.4: Conservation management issues in ATLAS Basin-scale systematic conservation planning: identifying suitable networks for VMEs protection

• Main Authors: Combes, M, Vaz, S, Morato, T, Fauconnet, L, Arnaud-Haond, S, Dominguez-Carrió, C, Fox, A, González-Irusta, J-M, Carreiro-Silva, M, Davies, A, Durán Muñoz, P, Egilsdóttir, H, Henry, L-A, Kenchington, E, Lirette, C, Murillo-Perez, FJ, Orejas, C, Ramiro-Sánchez, B, Rodrigues, L, Ross, SW, van Oevelen, D, Pham, CK, Pinto, C, Golding, N, Ardron, JA, Neat, F, Bui, X, Callery, O, Grehan, A, Laffargue, P, Roberts, JM, Stirling, D, Taranto, G, Woillez, M, Menot, L
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Lookout; Cape Lookout; Climate change; Davis Strait; Lophelia pertusa; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4658787; https://zenodo.org/record/4658787

The last two decades have witnessed a complete shift in our perception of the deep sea, from a homogeneous, mostly muddy and unspoiled seafloor to a vast patchwork of diverse and fragile habitats as well as a reservoir of living resources, both energy and mineral. Growing and concomitant awareness o...