Abstract
Keynote points
• Most recent studies of ridge biology address chemosynthetic environments (see chap. 7P).
• Climate change models show that bathyal environments will suffer a reduction in pH, which will affect benthic communities.
• Ridges, rises, plateaux and banks are under human pressure arising from existing and potential exploitation of resources, while evidence of pollution in trenches is accumulating.
• The vulnerability of those ecosystems to human pressures has triggered both
increased societal awareness and new regulations.
• Most recent studies of ridge biology address chemosynthetic environments (see chap. 7P).
• Climate change models show that bathyal environments will suffer a reduction in pH, which will affect benthic communities.
• Ridges, rises, plateaux and banks are under human pressure arising from existing and potential exploitation of resources, while evidence of pollution in trenches is accumulating.
• The vulnerability of those ecosystems to human pressures has triggered both
increased societal awareness and new regulations.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Second World Ocean Assessment II |
| Place of Publication | New York, USA |
| Publisher | United Nations |
| Chapter | 7O |
| Pages | 495-512 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Volume | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-92-1-1-604006-2 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-92-1-1-130422-0 |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2021 |