Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2657-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2657-2020
Research article
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15 May 2020
Research article |  | 15 May 2020

Are seamounts refuge areas for fauna from polymetallic nodule fields?

Daphne Cuvelier, Pedro A. Ribeiro, Sofia P. Ramalho, Daniel Kersken, Pedro Martinez Arbizu, and Ana Colaço

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Polymetallic nodule mining will remove hard substrata from the abyssal deep-sea floor. The only neighbouring ecosystems featuring hard substratum are seamounts, and their inhabiting fauna could aid in recovery post-mining. Nevertheless, first observations of seamount megafauna were very different from nodule-associated megafauna and showed little overlap. The possible uniqueness of these ecosystems implies that they should be included in management plans for the conservation of biodiversity.
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