Kaiser, Stefanie http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2026-4663
Bonifácio, Paulo
Kihara, Terue C.
Menot, Lenaick
Vink, Annemiek
Wessels, Ann-Kathrin
Arbizu, Pedro Martinez
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (03F0707E, 03G0240A-D)
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
Article History
Received: 3 July 2023
Revised: 15 February 2024
Accepted: 5 March 2024
First Online: 1 April 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: No approval of research ethics committees was required to accomplish the goals of this study because experimental work was conducted with an unregulated invertebrate species.
: All necessary permits for sampling and observational field studies have been obtained by the authors from the competent authorities and are mentioned in the “InternalRef removed” section, if applicable.
: All faunal data generated or analysed during this study are made available via Pangaea (ExternalRef removedExternalRef removed) for SO239 or the ISA Deep Seabed and Ocean Database (DeepData; ExternalRef removed) for the remaining data sets.
: SK and PB conducted the data analysis; SK wrote the manuscript with the help of all co-authors; AW, TCK, and LM helped with data generation; AV and PMA conceived and designed the research. All authors read and approved the manuscript.