The Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges: A review of the importance, opportunities and challenges for protecting a global diversity hotspot on the high seas

The Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges: A review of the importance, opportunities and challenges for protecting a global diversity hotspot on the high seas

The Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges are two seamount chains of volcanic origin, which include over 110 seamounts that collectively stretch across over 2,900 km in the southeastern Pacific. Ecosystems in this region are isolated by the Atacama Trench, the Humboldt Current System, and an extreme oxyge...

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Main Authors: Boteler, B. (Author), Brooks, C.M (Author), Clark, M.R (Author), Clark, N.A (Author), Currie, D. (Author), Dunstan, P.K (Author), Durussel, C. (Author), Easton, E.E (Author), Friedlander, A.M (Author), Gaymer, C.F (Author), Georgian, S.E (Author), Gianni, M. (Author), Gjerde, K.M (Author), Gorny, M. (Author), Lindsay, D.J (Author), Molodtsova, T.N (Author), Morgan, L.E (Author), Pyle, R.L (Author), Quesada, M. (Author), Sellanes, J. (Author), Shiple, M.J (Author), Soto, E.H (Author), Thomas, T. (Author), van der Meer, L. (Author), Villanueva, L.A (Author), Wagner, D. (Author), Wilhelm, T.‘ (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2021
Subjects:
Anthozoa
Area-based management tools
Atacama
biodiversity
Cetacea
Cheloniidae
conservation planning
Conservation planning
endemism
marine ecosystem
marine policy
Nazca Ridge
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean (Southeast)
seamount
Seamounts
Sectoral bodies
Southeast Pacific
vulnerability
Vulnerable marine ecosystems
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