Ben Boorman

TL;DR: The results from a time series study (1989 to 2005) at a depth of 4850m on the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, NE Atlantic, are presented showing radical changes in the density of large invertebrates (megafauna) over time.

TL;DR: A large multi-disciplinary research cruise investigated the development and fate of a naturally iron-fertilised phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Ocean (Crozet Plateau) during the austral summer of 2004-2005 as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the first results obtained using a free-drifting neutrally buoyant sediment trap called PELAGRA (Particle Export measurement using a LAGRAngian trap).

TL;DR: The addition of iron to high-nutrient low-chlorophyll oceanic waters stimulates phytoplankton, leading to greater primary production, and major differences occurred in the taxa at the +Fe and HNLC sites revealing the crucial role that surface oceanic conditions play in changing and structuring deep-sea benthic communities.

TL;DR: The allometric scaling relationships presented here provide updated information for mass-dependent deep-sea echinoderm metabolic rate for use in ecosystem models, which will contribute to the study of both shallow water and deep- sea ecosystem functioning and biogeochemistry.