Boehringer, Lilian http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7322-5145
Ramalho, Sofia P. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8714-4696
Marcon, Yann http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1686-8045
Boetius, Antje http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2117-4176
Cuvelier, Daphne http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4042-8215
Purser, Autun http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5427-0151
Funding for this research was provided by:
bmbf (03F0707A-G)
fp7 ideas: european research council (603418)
ceec (CEECIND/00758/2017)
cesam (UIDP/50017/2020+UIDB/50017/2020)
faculdade de ciências e tecnologia, universidade nova de lisboa (SFRH/BPD/110278/2015)
programa operacional para os açores 2020 (Acores-45-2019-58)
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI)
Article History
Received: 23 July 2021
Revised: 8 October 2021
Accepted: 19 October 2021
First Online: 6 December 2021
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: No animal testing was performed during this study.
: All necessary permits for this field study have been obtained by the authors from the competent authorities for the expedition. This non-invasive work in the high seas does not require biological sampling permits.
: The datasets analyzed during the current study are available on the PANGAEA permanent repository (SO242/2 ExternalRef removed; SO268/1 + 2 ExternalRef removed) and are described in the cruise reports for SO242/1 and SO242/2 (ExternalRef removed), and for SO268/1 + 2 (ExternalRef removed).
: LB and AP conceived and designed the research. AP, YM and AB collected the image data. AB led the research expedition and designed the image sampling campaign. LB, AP, SPR and DC analyzed the images, compiled data and did the analyses. LB wrote the manuscript with input from all co-authors.