DOSI Deep-Sea Round-Up

A top view of a sea urchin and surrounding brittle stars. Image courtesy of Ocean Networks Canada and CSSF-ROPOS. You can view other deep-sea images that have been shared through DOSI on our Flickr page. If you would like to showcase any images from your own work, you can find submission guidelines on our website.

Happy Earth Day Week! The Deep-Sea Round-Up is here with the latest news from the world’s largest habitat. Our first article this week is making especially big waves: It shows that different sampling methods have a major impact on assessments of deep pelagic creatures, especially for animals with very delicate bodies. Other exciting new research includes papers on octocoral life history, deep-sea research capacity in South Africa, and lessons for advancing science/policy knowledge exchange.

In Deep-Seabed Mining news, the ISA is currently seeking comments on its Draft Regional Environmental Management Plan for the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. There are also new opportunities this week, including an ocean exploration video challenge for students and a postdoc studying cold-water corals.

Our Wanted section today features a call for signatures in support of a marine sanctuary in the Northern Mariana Islands and a survey on the potential creation of a single, global list of species for taxonomy. Finally, this week’s Round-Up ends with an introduction to an interactive, ocean-noise-monitoring app by Toronto student Artash Nath.

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