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| De Smet, Bart; Pape, Ellen; Riehl, Torben; Bonifacio, Paulo; Colson, Liesbet; Vanreusel, Ann. |
| Deep-sea areas characterized by the presence of polymetallic nodules are getting increased attention due to their potential commercial and strategic interest for metals such as nickel, copper and cobalt. The polymetallic nodules occur in areas beyond national jurisdiction, regulated by the International Seabed Authority (ISA). Under exploration contracts, contractors have the obligation to determine the environmental baseline in the exploration areas. Despite a large number of scientific cruises to the central east Pacific Ocean, few published data on the macrofaunal biodiversity and community structure are available for the abyssal fields of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ). This study focused on the macrofaunal abundance, diversity and... |
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Palavras-chave: Polymetallic nodules; Macrofauna; Deep sea; CCFZ; Biodiversity; Community structure; Deep-sea mining. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00378/48885/49311.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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| Washburn, Travis W.; Menot, Lenaick; Bonifácio, Paulo; Pape, Ellen; Błażewicz, Magdalena; Bribiesca-contreras, Guadalupe; Dahlgren, Thomas G.; Fukushima, Tomohiko; Glover, Adrian G.; Ju, Se Jong; Kaiser, Stefanie; Yu, Ok Hwan; Smith, Craig R.. |
| Macrofauna are an abundant and diverse component of abyssal benthic communities and are likely to be heavily impacted by polymetallic nodule mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). In 2012, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) used available benthic biodiversity data and environmental proxies to establish nine no-mining areas, called Areas of Particular Environmental Interest (APEIs) in the CCZ. The APEIs were intended as a representative system of protected areas to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem function across the region from mining impacts. Since 2012, a number of research programs have collected additional ecological baseline data from the CCZ. We assemble and analyze macrofaunal biodiversity data sets from eight studies, focusing on... |
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Palavras-chave: Macrofauna; Deep-sea mining; Biodiversity; Polychaeta; Manganese nodules; POC flux; Species ranges; Areas of particular environmental interest. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00687/79937/82834.pdf |
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