Meiofauna in a Potential Deep-Sea Mining Area—Influence of Temporal and Spatial Variability on Small-Scale Abundance Models

In large areas of the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (northeast Pacific), exploration of deep-sea polymetallic nodules as a potential source of high-technology metals is ongoing. Deep-sea mining may have a severe impact on the benthic communities. Here, we investigated meiofauna communities in the...

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Main Authors: Katja Uhlenkott, Annemiek Vink, Thomas Kuhn, Benjamin Gillard, Pedro Martínez Arbizu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
Series:Diversity
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/1/3