Seascape ecology is an emerging pattern-oriented and integrative science conceptually linked to landscape ecology. It aims to quantify multidimensional spatial structure in the sea and reveal its ecological consequences. The seascape ecology approach has made important advances in shallow coastal environments, and increasing exploration and mapping of the deep seabed provides opportunities for application in the deep ocean. We argue that seascape ecology, with its integrative and multiscale perspective, can generate new scientific insights at spatial and temporal scales relevant to ecosystem-based management. Seascape ecology provides a conceptual and operational framework that integrates and builds on existing benthic ecology and habitat mapping research by providing additional pattern-oriented concepts, tools and techniques to (1) quantify complex ecological patterns across multiple scales; (2) link spatial patterns to biodiversity and ecological processes; and (3) provide ecologically meaningful information that is operationally relevant to spatial management. This review introduces seascape ecology and provides a framework for its application to deep-seabed environments. Research areas are highlighted where seascape ecology can advance the ecological understanding of deep benthic environments.

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将海景生态带入深海：应用回顾与框架

海景生态学是一门新兴的面向模式的综合科学，在概念上与景观生态学相关联。它旨在量化海洋中的多维空间结构并揭示其生态后果。海景生态学方法在浅海环境中取得了重要进展，对深海海底的不断探索和测绘为在深海中的应用提供了机会。我们认为，具有综合性和多尺度视角的海景生态学可以在与基于生态系统的管理相关的空间和时间尺度上产生新的科学见解。海景生态学提供了一个概念和操作框架，通过提供额外的面向模式的概念，整合并建立在现有的底栖生态学和栖息地制图研究的基础上，(1) 量化多尺度复杂生态模式的工具和技术；(2) 将空间格局与生物多样性和生态过程联系起来；(3) 提供与空间管理操作相关的具有生态意义的信息。这篇综述介绍了海景生态学，并为其在深海海底环境中的应用提供了框架。重点介绍了海景生态学可以促进对深海环境的生态学认识的研究领域。