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Abstract

Declines in pelagic wildlife weaken ecosystem functioning, drive biodiversity loss, and undermine food security and economic stability for many of the world's people. Both physical and biological drivers make these features important locations for foraging, reproduction, navigation, and other essential functions of pelagic wildlife (Garrigue et al., 2015; Maguire et al., 2023; Rogers, 2018). There are an estimated 37,889 seamounts in the global ocean, yet less than 4% have been surveyed (Yesson et al., 2021; Figure 1). [...]less than 6% are located in fully and highly protected MPAs (mpatlas.org; Grorud-Colvert et al., 2021). The protection of subsurface features will benefit pelagic biodiversity, as well as providing significant benefits in the conservation of important demersal fish assemblages (Galbraith et al., 2021) and many vulnerable benthic marine ecosystems such as deep reef communities given their higher concentration at these features (Rogers, 2018). Many seamounts, including those proximate to human populations, have significant biodiversity conservation value (Morato et al., 2010).

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Title
Remote seamounts are key conservation priorities for pelagic wildlife
Author
Thompson, Christopher D H 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Meeuwig, Jessica J 2 ; Friedlander, Alan M 3 ; Sala, Enric 4 

 Marine Futures Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, USA 
 Marine Futures Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 
 Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, USA; Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaiʻi, Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi, USA 
 Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, USA 
Section
VIEWPOINTS
Publication year
2024
Publication date
Jan/Feb 2024
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
e-ISSN
1755263X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2928801711
Copyright
© 2024. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.