Benthic and Demersal Scavenger Biodiversity in the Eastern End of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone – An Area Marked for Polymetallic Nodule Mining

Benthic and Demersal Scavenger Biodiversity in the Eastern End of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone – An Area Marked for Polymetallic Nodule Mining

In the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean ca. 30 billion tonnes of polymetallic nodules, rich in metals critical for frontier technologies, lay on the sediment surface over an area of 4–5 million square kilometres. For this reason, there is accelerating interest in deep...

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Main Authors: Rob P. Harbour, Astrid B. Leitner, Carsten Ruehlemann, Annemiek Vink, Andrew K. Sweetman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Clarion Clipperton Zone CCZ
polymetallic nodules
scavenger
baited-camera
deep-sea mining
scavenging rate
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00458/full

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