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| Janssen, Annika; Kaiser, Stefanie; Meissner, Karin; Brenke, Nils; Menot, Lenaick; Martinez Arbizu, Pedro. |
| Heightened interest in the exploitation of deep seafloor minerals is raising questions on the consequences for the resident fauna. Assessing species ranges and determination of processes underlying current species distributions are prerequisites to conservation planning and predicting faunal responses to changing environmental conditions. The abyssal central Pacific nodule belt, located between the Clarion and Clipperton Fracture Zones (CCZ), is an area prospected for mining of polymetallic nodules. We examined variations in genetic diversity and broad-scale connectivity of isopods and polychaetes across the CCZ. Faunal assemblages were studied from two mining claims (the eastern German and French license areas) located 1300 km apart and influenced by... |
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| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00255/36595/35158.pdf |
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