Title: The Future of Integrated Deep-Sea Research in Europe: The HERMIONE Project
Abstract: This issue of Oceanography mainly describes results from the HERMES project, which comes to a close in spring 2009.Building on the success of HERMES, the European Commission has funded a new project that will begin as HERMES ends.This project, entitled HERMIONE (Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impact on European Seas), will have a greater focus on human impacts in the deep-sea environment and will place more emphasis on the translation of information into policy.It will have a wider public outreach program and will include new areas of research, such as seamounts