Posted on January, 11 2005

An overview of the biodiversity, structure, functioning and anthropogenic impacts, with a proposal for their conservation. Summary in English

If you would like to learn more about this subject you are encouraged to consult CIESM's Monograph n° 23 "Mare Incognitum? Exploring Mediterranean deep-sea biology", published in 2003, which was a key source of information for WWF-IUCN document, as well as the monographic volume of Scientia Marina "Mediterranean Deep-sea Biology", published in 2004. They are downloadable from www.ciesm.org and www.icm.csic.es/scimar, respectively.