Periodic Reporting for period 3 - SponGES (Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic: an integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation)

Sponge-dominated deep-sea ecosystems in The North Atlantic deliver important ecosystem goods and services. How human activities, such as deep-sea fisheries and seabed mining as well as climate change, impact these ecosystems is still largely unknown. The EU H2020 project...