Collections and calls for papers

Climate change is one of the most significant risks to the Wadden Sea. One of the current key challenges of the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation is to identify how the effects of climate change, including s...

Polymetallic Nodule Areas located at abyssal depths globally are characterized by the presence of ‘manganese nodules’ on the sediment surface. The nodules contain metals such as cobalt, nickel and copper and...

This article collection focuses on the biodiversity of Icelandic waters and on the outcome of the IceAGE (Icelandic Animals: Genetics and Ecology) project. It presents international efforts to deepen our und...

There is a strong evidence that the abundance of many species is declining, and that species distributions have already been substantially altered due to habitat conversion, pollution, overexploitation of na...

The goal of this topical collection is to mainly promote research on marine biodiversity in cave and interstitial ecosystems in Atlantic oceanic at three levels: (1) description of new species; (2) ecologica...

In the past decades, seamounts and oceanic archipelagos have become increasingly of interest for biogeographic and biodiversity research of marine organisms. As submerged or emerged volcanic islands they pro...

The Indian Ocean, especially the Western Indian Ocean, is a biodiversity “hotspot” holding one of the most diverse Chondrichthyan fauna’s globally with >400 species, of which 22 new species have been describ...