Abyssal plain faunal carbon flows remain depressed 26 years after a simulated deep-sea mining disturbance

Stratmann, Tanja; Lins, Lidia; Purser, Autun; Marcon, Yann; Rodrigues, Clara F.; Ravara, Ascensão; Cunha, Marina R.; Simon-Lledó, Erik; Jones, Daniel O. B.; Sweetman, Andrew K.; Köser, Kevin; van Oevelen, Dick

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4131-2018

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06 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 06 Jul 2018

Abyssal plain faunal carbon flows remain depressed 26 years after a simulated deep-sea mining disturbance

Tanja Stratmann, Lidia Lins, Autun Purser, Yann Marcon, Clara F. Rodrigues, Ascensão Ravara, Marina R. Cunha, Erik Simon-Lledó, Daniel O. B. Jones, Andrew K. Sweetman, Kevin Köser, and Dick van Oevelen

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RC1: 'Referee comments', Peter Jumars, 17 Apr 2018
- RC2: 'Suggestions for specific edits', Peter Jumars, 20 Apr 2018
  - AC2: 'Reply to comment from Peter Jumars', Tanja Stratmann, 10 Jun 2018
- AC1: 'Response to comments from Peter Jumars', Tanja Stratmann, 10 Jun 2018
RC3: 'Review comments for Stratmann et al. 'Faunal carbon flows in the abyssal plain food web of the Peru Basin have not recovered during 26 years from an experimental sediment disturbance'', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Apr 2018
- AC3: 'Reply to comment from Reviewer #2', Tanja Stratmann, 10 Jun 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (25 Jun 2018) by Matthias Haeckel

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ED: Publish as is (27 Jun 2018) by Matthias Haeckel

AR by Tanja Stratmann on behalf of the Authors (27 Jun 2018)

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Extraction of polymetallic nodules will have negative impacts on the deep-sea ecosystem, but it is not known whether the ecosystem is able to recover from them. Therefore, in 1989 a sediment disturbance experiment was conducted in the Peru Basin to mimic deep-sea mining. Subsequently, the experimental site was re-visited 5 times to monitor the recovery of fauna. We developed food-web models for all 5 time steps and found that, even after 26 years, carbon flow in the system differs significantly.