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| Jones, Daniel O. B.; Kaiser, Stefanie; Sweetman, Andrew K.; Smith, Craig R.; Menot, Lenaick; Vink, Annemiek; Trueblood, Dwight; Greinert, Jens; Billett, David S. M.; Arbizu, Pedro Martinez; Radziejewska, Teresa; Singh, Ravail; Ingole, Baban; Stratmann, Tanja; Simon-lledo, Erik; Durden, Jennifer M.; Clark, Malcolm R.. |
| Commercial-scale mining for polymetallic nodules could have a major impact on the deep-sea environment, but the effects of these mining activities on deep-sea ecosystems are very poorly known. The first commercial test mining for polymetallic nodules was carried out in 1970. Since then a number of small-scale commercial test mining or scientific disturbance studies have been carried out. Here we evaluate changes in faunal densities and diversity of benthic communities measured in response to these 11 simulated or test nodule mining disturbances using meta-analysis techniques. We find that impacts are often severe immediately after mining, with major negative changes in density and diversity of most groups occurring. However, in some cases, the mobile fauna... |
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| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00371/48212/48330.pdf |
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| Vanreusel, Ann; Fonseca, Gustavo; Danovaro, Roberto; Da Silva, Maria Cristina; Esteves, Andre M.; Ferrero, Tim; Gad, Gunnar; Galtsova, Valentina; Gambi, Cristina; Genevois, Veronica Da Fonseca; Ingels, Jeroen; Ingole, Baban; Lampadariou, Nikolaos; Merckx, Bea; Miljutin, Dmitry; Miljutina, Maria; Muthumbi, Agnes; Netto, Sergio; Portnova, Daria; Radziejewska, Teresa; Raes, Maarten; Tchesunov, Alexei; Vanaverbeke, Jan; Van Gaever, Saskia; Venekey, Virag; Bezerra, Tania Nara; Flint, Hannah; Copley, John; Pape, Ellen; Zeppilli, Daniela; Martinez, Pedro Arbizu; Galeron, Joelle. |
| The great variety of geological and hydrological conditions in the deep sea generates many different habitats. Some are only recently explored, although their true extent and geographical coverage are still not fully established. Both continental margins and mid-oceanic seafloors are much more complex ecologically, geologically, chemically and hydrodynamically than originally thought. As a result, fundamental patterns of species distribution first observed and explained in the context of relatively monotonous slopes and abyssal plains must now be re-evaluated in the light of this newly recognized habitat heterogeneity. Based on a global database of nematode genus composition, collected as part of the Census of Marine Life, we show that macrohabitat... |
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Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Census of marine life; Deep sea; Habitat heterogeneity; Meiofauna; Nematode genera. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00002/11280/11783.pdf |
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