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| Veillette, J; Juniper, S; Gooday, A; Sarrazin, Jozee. |
| Manganese nodules provide an important habitat for sessile benthic organisms, many of them novel foraminifera, in the abyssal Pacific. The surface texture and microhabitat heterogeneity of nodules may play a significant role in structuring these communities. We analyzed the distribution of foraminiferal species on 20 nodules collected using either a USNEL box corer or the Nautile submersible sampling tool at a 5000-m-deep site in the Tropical North Pacific. The nodules had an upper region characterized by two microhabitats, namely raised surfaces and intervening depressed surfaces. The more or less vertical sides of the nodules were regarded as a third microhabitat. The upper region had a predominantly smooth texture while the sides had a rough texture. We... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Current flow; Microhabitats; Surface texture; Agglutinated foraminifera; Epifauna; Ferromanganese nodules. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3538.pdf |
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| Veillette, J; Sarrazin, Jozee; Gooday, A; Galeron, Joelle; Caprais, Jean-claude; Vangriesheim, Annick; Etoubleau, Joel; Christian, J; Juniper, S. |
| The poorly known ferromanganese nodule fauna is a widespread hard substratum community in the deep sea that will be considerably impacted by large-scale nodule mining operations. The objective of this study was to analyze the spatial distribution of the fauna attached to nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone at two scales; a regional scale that includes the east (14 degrees N, 130 degrees W) and the west (9 degrees N, 150 degrees W) zones and a local scale in which different geological facies (A, B, C and west) are recognizable. The fauna associated with 235 nodules was quantitatively described: 104 nodules from the east zone (15 of facies A, 50 of facies B and 39 of facies C) and 131 nodules from the west zone. Percent cover was used to quantify... |
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Palavras-chave: Environmental impacts; Environmental factors; Geographical distribution; Agglutinated foraminifera; Fixed fauna; Ferromanganese nodules. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3537.pdf |
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