[HTML][HTML] Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining
A comprehensive understanding of the deep-sea environment and mining's likely impacts is
necessary to assess whether and under what conditions deep-seabed mining operations …
necessary to assess whether and under what conditions deep-seabed mining operations …
Governing deep sea mining in the face of uncertainty
Progress towards deep sea mining (DSM) is driven by projected demands for metals and the
desire for economic development. DSM remains controversial, with some political leaders …
desire for economic development. DSM remains controversial, with some political leaders …
Abyssal plain faunal carbon flows remain depressed 26 years after a simulated deep-sea mining disturbance
Future deep-sea mining for polymetallic nodules in abyssal plains will negatively impact the
benthic ecosystem, but it is largely unclear whether this ecosystem will be able to recover …
benthic ecosystem, but it is largely unclear whether this ecosystem will be able to recover …
[HTML][HTML] Adult life strategy affects distribution patterns in abyssal isopods–implications for conservation in Pacific nodule areas
With increasing pressure to extract minerals from the deep-sea bed, understanding the
ecological and evolutionary processes that limit the spatial distribution of species is critical to …
ecological and evolutionary processes that limit the spatial distribution of species is critical to …
[HTML][HTML] Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata …
Background There is growing interest in mining polymetallic nodules from the abyssal
Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Despite having been the focus …
Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Despite having been the focus …
High species richness and unique composition of the tanaidacean communities associated with five areas in the Pacific polymetallic nodule fields
The benthic fauna associated with polymetallic nodule fields is scarcely studied. Studies on
species richness and distribution patterns are indispensable for the conservation of the …
species richness and distribution patterns are indispensable for the conservation of the …
Macrofaunal community structure and biodiversity patterns based on a wood-fall experiment in the deep South-west Atlantic
Wood falls provide locally and temporally restricted inputs of organic material to the deep
sea supporting heterotrophic and chemotrophic fauna. These habitats also play a significant …
sea supporting heterotrophic and chemotrophic fauna. These habitats also play a significant …
Geomorphological evidence of large vertebrates interacting with the seafloor at abyssal depths in a region designated for deep-sea mining
L Marsh, VAI Huvenne… - Royal Society open …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Exploration licences for seafloor mineral deposits have been granted across large areas of
the world's oceans, with the abyssal Pacific Ocean being the primary target for polymetallic …
the world's oceans, with the abyssal Pacific Ocean being the primary target for polymetallic …
biodiversity of the clarion clipperton fracture zone
Background Deep-sea areas (> 200 m and beyond) support high biodiversity, but also hold
economically important reservoirs of mineral deposits, including polymetallic nodules (or …
economically important reservoirs of mineral deposits, including polymetallic nodules (or …
Community structure of deep-sea benthic metazoan meiofauna in the polymetallic nodule fields in the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, Pacific Ocean
SJW Tong, BQ Gan, KS Tan - Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic …, 2022 - Elsevier
The abyssal sea floor of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ) in the Pacific Ocean is
expected to become a commercially important nodule mining area in the near future. Hence …
expected to become a commercially important nodule mining area in the near future. Hence …