[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 …
A review of the International Seabed Authority database DeepData from a biological perspective: challenges and opportunities in the UN Ocean Decade
There is an urgent need for high-quality biodiversity data in the context of rapid
environmental change. Nowhere is this need more urgent than in the deep ocean, with the …
environmental change. Nowhere is this need more urgent than in the deep ocean, with the …
A review of megafauna diversity and abundance in an exploration area for polymetallic nodules in the eastern part of the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (North East …
K Uhlenkott, K Meyn, A Vink, P Martínez Arbizu - Marine Biodiversity, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCZ) is an abyssal region in the north-east
Pacific that is currently being explored for metal-rich polymetallic nodules, but also harbors a …
Pacific that is currently being explored for metal-rich polymetallic nodules, but also harbors a …
[HTML][HTML] Environment, ecology, and potential effectiveness of an area protected from deep-sea mining (Clarion Clipperton Zone, abyssal Pacific)
To protect the range of habitats, species, and ecosystem functions in the Clarion Clipperton
Zone (CCZ), a region of interest for deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining in the Pacific, nine …
Zone (CCZ), a region of interest for deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining in the Pacific, nine …
[HTML][HTML] Megafaunal variation in the abyssal landscape of the Clarion Clipperton Zone
The potential for imminent polymetallic nodule mining in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture
Zone (CCZ) has attracted considerable scientific and public attention. This concern stems …
Zone (CCZ) has attracted considerable scientific and public attention. This concern stems …
Significant taxon sampling gaps in DNA databases limit the operational use of marine macrofauna metabarcoding
JT Hestetun, E Bye-Ingebrigtsen, RH Nilsson… - Marine Biodiversity, 2020 - Springer
Significant effort is spent on monitoring of benthic ecosystems through government funding
or indirectly as a cost of business, and metabarcoding of environmental DNA samples has …
or indirectly as a cost of business, and metabarcoding of environmental DNA samples has …
Managing a sustainable deep-sea 'blue economy'requires knowledge of what actually lives there
Ensuring that the wealth of resources contained in our oceans are managed and developed
in a sustainable manner is a priority for the emerging'blue economy'. However, modern …
in a sustainable manner is a priority for the emerging'blue economy'. However, modern …
Ecology of a polymetallic nodule occurrence gradient: Implications for deep‐sea mining
Abyssal polymetallic nodule fields constitute an unusual deep‐sea habitat. The mix of soft
sediment and the hard substratum provided by nodules increases the complexity of these …
sediment and the hard substratum provided by nodules increases the complexity of these …
Eukaryotic biodiversity and spatial patterns in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone and other abyssal regions: Insights from sediment DNA and RNA metabarcoding
F Lejzerowicz, AJ Gooday… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The abyssal seafloor is a mosaic of highly diverse habitats that represent the least known
marine ecosystems on Earth. Some regions enriched in natural resources, such as …
marine ecosystems on Earth. Some regions enriched in natural resources, such as …
Access to Marine Genetic Resources (MGR): raising awareness of best-practice through a new agreement for Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ)
M Rabone, H Harden-Davies, JE Collins… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Better scientific knowledge of the poorly-known deep sea and areas beyond national
jurisdiction (ABNJ) is key to its conservation, an urgent need in light of increasing …
jurisdiction (ABNJ) is key to its conservation, an urgent need in light of increasing …