Megafaunal Ecology of the Western Clarion Clipperton Zone

Megafaunal Ecology of the Western Clarion Clipperton Zone

The Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) is a vast area of the central Pacific Ocean where the abyssal seabed is a focus for future polymetallic nodule mining. Broad-scale environmental gradients occur east-to-west across the CCZ seabed, including organic matter supply and nodule abundance, factors that in...

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Main Authors: Jennifer M. Durden, Meagan Putts, Sarah Bingo, Astrid B. Leitner, Jeffrey C. Drazen, Andrew J. Gooday, Daniel O. B. Jones, Andrew K. Sweetman, Travis W. Washburn, Craig R. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
seamount
beta-diversity
polymetallic nodule
seabed mining
abyssal plain
Area of Particular Environmental Interest
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.671062/full

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