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Are seamounts refuge areas for fauna from polymetallic nodule fields?
Daphne Cuvelier
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Instituto do
Mar (IMAR), Centro Okeanos, Universidade dos Açores, Rua Prof. Dr. Frederico
Machado 4, 9901-862 Horta, Portugal
Pedro A. Ribeiro
Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Instituto do
Mar (IMAR), Centro Okeanos, Universidade dos Açores, Rua Prof. Dr. Frederico
Machado 4, 9901-862 Horta, Portugal
current address: Department of Biological Sciences and K.G. Jebsen Centre
for Deep Sea Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Sofia P. Ramalho
Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Instituto do
Mar (IMAR), Centro Okeanos, Universidade dos Açores, Rua Prof. Dr. Frederico
Machado 4, 9901-862 Horta, Portugal
current address: Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM),
Departmento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de
Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Daniel Kersken
Department of Marine Zoology, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural
History Museum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am
Meer, Südstrand 44, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Pedro Martinez Arbizu
German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am
Meer, Südstrand 44, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Ana Colaço
Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Instituto do
Mar (IMAR), Centro Okeanos, Universidade dos Açores, Rua Prof. Dr. Frederico
Machado 4, 9901-862 Horta, Portugal
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Short summary
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.
Polymetallic nodule mining will remove hard substrata from the abyssal deep-sea floor. The only...
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