The First Cut Is the Deepest: Trawl Effects on a Deep-Sea Sponge Ground Are Pronounced Four Years on

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Katelin M. Morrison, Heidi Kristina Meyer, Emyr Martyn Roberts, Hans Tore Rapp, Ana Colaço, Christopher Kim Pham
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: recovery; fishing; sponge ground; trawling; seamount; Arctic mid-ocean ridge; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Schulz Bank
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.605281; https://doaj.org/article/7938294c2955483282b002ccb2a197ec

Few studies have described the effects of physical disturbance and post-recovery of deep-sea benthic communities. Here, we explore the status of deep-sea sponge ground communities four years after being impacted by an experimental bottom trawl. The diversity and abundance of epibenthic megafauna of...