Continental margins are the continuum between the land and the ocean, and they are responsible for the majority of both burial and remineralization of organic carbon (OC) in the ocean (Dunne et al., 2007). However, biogeochemical cycles of organic matter in continental margins are altered by several anthropogenic activities (Bauer et al., 2013). Amongst those, bottom trawling is considered to be the most harmful and has the potential to alter the biogeochemistry of continental margins at a global scale given its widespread extension, high frequency, and direct impacts on the seafloor (

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