Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Use and protection of the deep sea—an introduction
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Overview
During the past fifty years, the deep sea has moved more and more into the realm of societal interest. The intensive and, to some extent, exhaustive use of terrestrial and marine coastal regions and resources stimulated a search for substitutes, and the relatively unused deeper ocean, representing some 60% of the Earth's surface, seemed an ideal choice for the final storage of waste, and the exploitation of raw materials. Fundamentally, no ethical arguments can be brought forth against making
Acknowledgments
The scientists of the ATESEPP (funding project no. 03 G01 06) and various precursor programmes gratefully acknowledge the long-term support of the German Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research). We are grateful to many persons for their advice and help:
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to the many scientists in Germany and from abroad for useful discussions, reviews of proposals and manuscripts, participation in field work and data analyses, and streamlining of the English in our
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2019, Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in OceanographyCitation Excerpt :Furthermore, in order to understand the possible impact of the future mining of deep-sea mineral resources on biodiversity, knowledge of the fauna associated with the nodules is crucial. Mining for polymetallic nodules will not only inevitably impact the sediment fauna by the process of resuspension and redeposition (Jumars, 1981; Ingole et al., 2001; Thiel, 2001), but it will also impact the nodule associated fauna because nodule extraction (mining) will eliminate both the hard surfaces and the specific crevice habitat. It is also of interest to know whether this would irreversibly eliminate some taxa.
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