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Chapter Four - Metazoan life in anoxic marine sediments

from Part II - Biodiversity, bioenergetic processes, and biotic and abiotic interactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2020

By
Roberto Danovaro ,
Cinzia Corinaldesi ,
Antonio Dell’anno ,
Cristina Gambi ,
Antonio Pusceddu  and
Michael Tangherlini
Edited by
Guido di Prisco ,
Howell G. M. Edwards ,
Josef Elster  and
Ad H. L. Huiskes
Guido di Prisco
Affiliation:
National Research Council of Italy
Howell G. M. Edwards
Affiliation:
University of Bradford
Josef Elster
Affiliation:
University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
Ad H. L. Huiskes
Affiliation:
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
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Summary

Benthic deep-sea ecosystems (beneath 200 m depth) represent the largest biome on our planet, covering >65% of the Earth’s surface and hosting >95% of the global biosphere (Danovaro et al., 2014). Deep-sea ecosystems also contain the largest hypoxic and anoxic regions of the Biosphere such as the oxygen minimum zones (OMZ) and the deep hypersaline anoxic basins (DHAB).

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Life in Extreme Environments
Insights in Biological Capability
 , pp. 89 - 100
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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