Keogh, Poppy http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2326-6963
Command, Rylan J. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9574-7024
Edinger, Evan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1659-5809
Georgiopoulou, Aggeliki http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4298-5090
Robert, Katleen http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0119-5359
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canada Research Chairs
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Article History
Received: 26 September 2021
Revised: 31 May 2022
Accepted: 9 June 2022
First Online: 26 September 2022
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: No animal testing was performed during this study.
: All necessary permits for sampling and observational field studies have been obtained by the authors from the competent authorities and are mentioned in the acknowledgements. The study is compliant with CBD and Nagoya protocols.
: The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request and will shortly be openly available on the Pangea, Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science ExternalRef removed.
: PK and KR conceived and designed research. AG (Chief scientist on TOSCA) and KR collected data aboard TOSCA survey. RC contributed GAM. EE provided guidance and feedback on manuscript drafts. PK analysed all ROV video, completed analysis and wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.