FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Digging deep: lessons learned from meiofaunal responses to a disturbance experiment in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone
BT 
AF Lefaible, Nene
   Macheriotou, Lara
   Purkiani, Kaveh
   Haeckel, Matthias
   Zeppilli, Daniela
   Pape, Ellen
   Vanreusel, Ann
AS 1:1;2:1;3:2,3;4:2;5:4;6:1;7:1;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:PDG-REM-BEEP-LEP;6:;7:;
C1 Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent, Belgium
   GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
   MARUM Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences and Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
   University Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, UMR6197 Biologie Et Ecologie Des Ecosystèmes Marins Profonds, 29280, Plouzané, France
C2 UNIV GHENT, BELGIUM
   IFM GEOMAR, GERMANY
   UNIV BREMEN MARUM, GERMANY
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI BREST
SE PDG-REM-BEEP-LEP
UM BEEP-LM2E
IN WOS Ifremer UMR
   copubli-europe
IF 1.6
TC 0
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00846/95747/103552.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Deep-sea mining;Polymetallic nodules;Meiofauna;Impact studies;Sediment plume;Numerical modelling
AB The deep-sea mining industry is currently at a point where large-sale, commercial polymetallic nodule exploitation is becoming a more realistic scenario. At the same time, certain aspects such as the spatiotemporal scale of impacts, sediment plume dispersion and the disturbance-related biological responses remain highly uncertain. In this paper, findings from a small-scale seabed disturbance experiment in the German contract area (Clarion-Clipperton Zone, CCZ) are described, with a focus on the soft-sediment ecosystem component. Despite the limited spatial scale of the induced disturbance on the seafloor, this experiment allowed us to evaluate how short-term (< 1 month) soft-sediment changes can be assessed based on sediment characteristics (grain size, nutrients and pigments) and metazoan meiofaunal communities (morphological and metabarcoding analyses). Furthermore, we show how benthic measurements can be combined with numerical modelling of sediment transport to enhance our understanding of meiofaunal responses to increased sedimentation levels. The lessons learned within this study highlight the major issues of current deep-sea mining-related ecological research such as deficient baseline knowledge, unrepresentative impact intensity of mining simulations and challenges associated with sampling trade-offs (e.g., replication). 
PY 2023
PD AUG
SO Marine Biodiversity
SN 1867-1616
PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC
VL 53
IS 4
UT 001024932800001
DI 10.1007/s12526-023-01353-0
ID 95747
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