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Biological responses to disturbance from simulated deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining

Jones, D.O.B.; Kaiser, S.; Sweetman, A.K.; Smith, C.R.; Menot, L.; Vink, A.; Trueblood, D.; Greinert, J.; Billett, D.S.M.; Arbizu, P.M.; Radziejewska, T.; Singh, R.; Ingole, B.S.; Stratmann, T.; Simon-Lled�, E.; Durden, J.M.; Clark, M.R. (Public Library of Science, 2017)

Commercial-scale mining for polymetallic nodules could have a major impact on the deep-sea environment, but the effects of these mining activities on deep-sea ecosystems are very poorly known. The first commercial test ...