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Insights from the management of offshore energy resources: toward an ecosystem-...
Bravo, M. Emilia; Brandt, Miriam I.; van der Grient, Jesse M. A.; Dahlgren, Thomas G.; Esquete, Patricia; Gollner, Sabine; Jones, Daniel O. B.The deep ocean comprises complex ecosystems made up of numerous community and habitat types that provide multiple services that benefit humans. As the industrialization of the deep sea proceeds, a standardized and robust set of methods and metrics need to be developed to monitor the baseline conditions and any anthropogenic and climate change-related impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem function, and ecosystem se...
Drivers of Biomass and Biodiversity of Non-Chemosynthetic Benthic Fauna of the ...
Priede, Imants G.; Muller-Karger, Frank E.; Niedzielski, Tomasz; Gebruk, Andrey V.; Jones, Daniel O. B.; Colaço, AnaWe examine the main drivers that may elevate biomass and biodiversity of nonchemosynthetic benthic megafauna of the lower bathyal (800-3500m depth) of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the North Atlantic Ocean (MAR). Specifically: 1. Primary production in surface waters (10°-48°N) from remote sensing data 2002-2020 over the MAR was not significantly different from abyssal regions to the east and west. We reject the hyp...
Abyssal plain faunal carbon flows remain depressed 26 years after a simulated d...
Stratmann, Tanja; Lins, Lidia; Purser, Autun; Marcon, Yann; Rodrigues, Clara F.; Ravara, Ascensão; Cunha, Marina R.; Simon-Lledó, ErikFuture deep-sea mining for polymetallic nodules in abyssal plains will negatively impact the benthic ecosystem, but it is largely unclear whether this ecosystem will be able to recover from mining disturbance and if so, to what extent and at what timescale. During the “DISturbance and reCOLonization” (DISCOL) experiment, a total of 22% of the seafloor within a 10.8 km2 circular area of the nodulerich seafloor i...
Potential Mitigation and Restoration Actions in Ecosystems Impacted by Seabed M...
Cuvelier, Daphne; Gollner, Sabine; Jones, Daniel O. B.; Kaiser, Stefanie; Arbizu, Pedro Martínez; Menzel, Lena; Mestre, Nélia C.; Morato, TelmoMining impacts will affect local populations to different degrees. Impacts range from removal of habitats and possible energy sources to pollution and smaller-scale alterations in local habitats that, depending on the degree of disturbance, can lead to extinction of local communities. While there is a shortage or even lack of studies investigating impacts that resemble those caused by actual mining activity, th...
Potential mitigation and restoration actions in ecosystems impacted by seabed m...
Cuvelier, Daphne; Gollner, Sabine; Jones, Daniel O. B.; Kaiser, Stefanie; Arbizu, Pedro Martínez; Menzel, Lena; Mestre, Nélia; Morato, TelmoMining impacts will affect local populations to different degrees. Impacts range from removal of habitats and possible energy sources to pollution and smaller-scale alterations in local habitats that, depending on the degree of disturbance, can lead to extinction of local communities. While there is a shortage or even lack of studies investigating impacts that resemble those caused by actual mining activity, th...
Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities
Gollner, Sabine; Kaiser, Stefanie; Menzel, Lena; Jones, Daniel O. B.; Brown, Alastair; Nélia C Mestre; van Oevelen, Dick; Menot, Lenaick; Colaco, AnaWith increasing demand for mineral resources, extraction of polymetallic sulphides at hydrothermal vents, cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts at seamounts, and polymetallic nodules on abyssal plains may be imminent. Here, we shortly introduce ecosystem characteristics of mining areas, report on recent mining developments, and identify potential stress and disturbances created by mining. We analyze species' potent...