title: Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs): key structural and functional elements in the deep-sea
Creators: name: ICES
Publisher: name: ASC 2019 - Theme session O
Year: 2024
Subjects: Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management
Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: Conveners: Covadonga Orejas (Spain), Laura Robson (UK), Patricia Puerta (Spain).No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Distribution and Ecology of Eleven VMEs in Arctic and Subarctic Waters: Pål Buhl-Mortensen, Lene Buhl-Mortensen, Julian M. Burgos, Steinunn Hilma Ólafsdóttir, Stefan Á. Ragnarsson, Petur Steingrund.Vulnerable marine ecosystem (VME) observations in the Davis Strait, west Greenland: Stephen Long, Bridget Sparrow-Scinocca, Kirsty Kemp, Mona Fuhrmann, Nanette Hammeken Arboe, Martin Blicher and Chris Yesson.Developing methods to assess VME presence in data-poor regions of the North East Atlantic: Laura M. Robson, Telmo Morato, Neil Golding, Francis Neat.Population genomics in Mediterranean vulnerable ecosystems: the case of the black coral Antipathella subpinnata: Federica Costantini, Marko Terzin, Maria Grazia Paletta, Martina Coppari, Giorgio Bavestrello, Marco Abbiati, Marzia Bo.Research to support effective management and protection of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in South Africa: Mari-Lise Franken, Kerry Sink, Lara Atkinson, Charles von der Meden, Natasha Karenyi.DEEPEASTMED: state of the knowledge on deep-water vulnerable species and habitats in the Eastern Mediterranean: Chryssi Mytilineou, Aikaterini Anastasopoulou, Dimitris Damalas, Vivi Drakopoulou, Mahmoud Farroug, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Ali Cemal Gücü, Carlos Jimenez, Sissy Iona, Kostas Kapiris, Stefanos Kavadas, Sotiris Kiparissis, Haris Kontoyiannis, Nikos Lambadariou, Eugenia Lefkaditou, Myriam Lteif, Malek Ali, Nadia Papadopoulou, Panagiota Peristeraki, Grigoris Rousakis, Dimitris Sakellariou, Maria Salomidi, Jemaa Sharif, Katerina Sevastou, Chris J. Smith, Caterina Stamouli, Ekaterini Souvermezoglou, Ioannis Thasitis, Maria del Mar Otero.Benthic filter-feeder habitats and demersal fish assemblages in areas of contrasting historical and recent fishing effort on Australia’s north-west shelf: John Keesing, Roland Pitcher, Margaret Miller, John Pogonoski, Keith Sainsbury, Joanna Strzelecki, Emma Westlake.Determining coral density thresholds for identifying structurally complex vulnerable marine ecosystems in the deep sea: Ashley A. Rowden, Tabitha R.R. Pearman, David A. Bowden, Owen F. Anderson, Malcolm R. Clark.A data-informed approach for identifying candidate move-on thresholds for vulnerable marine ecosystem indicator taxa: Shane W. Geange, Ashley A. Rowden, Simon Nichol, Martin Cryer.Quantifying condition and ecological role of deep-water biogenic habitats: Glass sponge reefs in the Salish Sea, Pacific Ocean: Anya Dunham, S.K. Archer, S.C. Davies, L.A. Burke, J. Mossman, J.R. Pegg, E. Archer.Towards a spatially managed area in the Flemish Cap and Flemish Pass (NW Atlantic Ocean): implications for conservation and management of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the high-seas fisheries: P. Durán Muñoz, A. García-Alegre, M. Sacau, E. Román.Identifying potential VMEs in Greek Waters through analysis of archive video: successes and difficulties: Christopher J. Smith, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Chryssi Mytilineou, Paraskevi Drakopoulou, Maria del Mar Otero.In search of the “special places”: a method for defining and prioritising intra-VME hotspot distribution to better inform management decisions: Rebecca E. Ross, Genoveva Gonzalez-Mirelis, Pål Buhl-Mortensen.Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: a global analysis a decade long: M. Cristina Mangano, M. J. Kaiser.Distribution and need for protection of the last populations of Isidella elongata: Giovanni Chimienti, R. Aguilar, C. Orejas, P. Marin, F. Mastrototaro.