Ecology: Protect the deep sea

Edward B. Barbier is professor of economics at the University of Wyoming, Laramie.,

David Moreno-Mateos is at the CNRS Centre of Evolutionary and Functional Ecology, Montpellier, France.,

Alex D. Rogers is in the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK.,

James Aronson is at the CNRS Centre of Evolutionary and Functional Ecology, Montpellier, France, and at the Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, Missouri.,

Linwood Pendleton is senior fellow in the Ocean and Coastal Policy Program, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.,

Roberto Danovaro is in the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, and at the Anton Dohrn Zoological Station, Naples, Italy.,

Lea-Anne Henry is at the Centre for Marine Biodiversity and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.,

Jeff Ardron is at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany.,

Cindy L. Van Dover is in the Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina.,