Global Distribution of Cold Seeps (2010)

The main aim of ChEss is to determine the biogeography of deep-water chemosynthetic ecosystems at a global scale and to understand the processes driving these ecosystems. ChEss addresses the main questions of CoML on diversity, abundance and distribution of marine species, focusing on deep-water ...

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Field	Value
Source	https://resources.unep-wcmc.org/products/c93a5c2629cc4ed0bba3520d6d288657
Author	UNEP-WCMC
Maintainer	UNEP-WCMC
Last Updated	March 9, 2023, 14:17 (UTC)
Created	March 9, 2023, 12:16 (UTC)
GUID	unep-wcmc-rsrc-geospatial-dataset-c93a5c2629cc4ed0bba3520d6d288657
Issued	2022-06-09T11:15:43.600+00:00
Language	en
Modified	2023-02-22T14:29:04.813+00:00
Publisher email	info@unep-wcmc.org
Publisher name	UNEP-WCMC
Theme	Geospatial Dataset
avg_rating	0
citation	Ramirez-Llodra, E., Blanco, M. and Arcas, A., (2004). Cold Seeps. ChEssBase: an online information system on biodiversity and biogeography of deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems. Version 1. World Wide Web electronic publications, www.noc.soton.ac.uk/chess/db_home.php.
data_type	webpage
date_published	2010-01-01
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short_description	Only a small fraction of the global ridge system (approx. 65,000 km) and of the vast continental margin regions have been explored and their communities described. The ChEss project aimed to improve knowledge on the diversity, abundance and distribution of species from vents, seeps and other reducing habitats at a global scale, to understand the abiotic and biotic processes that shape and maintan these ecosystems and their biogeography. The field programme aimed to explain the main gaps in our knowledge of the diversity, abundance and distribution of chemosynthetic species globally.