Deep-sea benthic megafauna hotspot shows indication of resilience to impact from massive turbidity flow

Deep-sea benthic megafauna hotspot shows indication of resilience to impact from massive turbidity flow

Sediment density flows are large scale disturbances that can have dramatic impacts on seafloor animal communities in the deep sea. Seafloor imagery collected in Kaikōura Canyon (New Zealand), before and after a sediment density flow event that included debris and turbidity flows triggered by a 2016...

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Main Authors: Katharine T. Bigham, Ashley A. Rowden, David A. Bowden, Daniel Leduc, Arne Pallentin, Caroline Chin, Joshu J. Mountjoy, Scott D. Nodder, Alan R. Orpin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
deep sea
morphology
resilience (environmental)
megafauna
benthic community
disturbance
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1180334/full

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