Observations of deep-sea fishes and mobile scavengers from the abyssal DISCOL experimental mining area

<p>Industrial interest in deep-sea mineral extraction began decades ago, and today it is at an all-time high, accelerated by global demand for metals. Several seafloor ecosystem disturbance experiments began in the 1970s, including the Disturbance and Recolonization experiment (DISCOL) conduct...

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Main Authors: J. C. Drazen, A. B. Leitner, S. Morningstar, Y. Marcon, J. Greinert, A. Purser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2019-08-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:https://www.biogeosciences.net/16/3133/2019/bg-16-3133-2019.pdf