Polymetallic Nodule | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 05 Sep 2024

Macrobenthic communities in the polymetallic nodule field, Indian Ocean, based on multicore and box core analysis

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Santosh Gaikwad
Sabyasachi Sautya
Samir Damare
Maria Brenda Luzia Mascarenhas-Pereira
Vijayshree Gawas
Jayesh Patil
Mandar Nanajkar
Sadiq Bukhari

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1395892

3,840 views
3 citations

Policy and Practice Reviews

Published on 30 Apr 2020

Options to Improve Transparency of Environmental Monitoring Governance for Polymetallic Nodule Mining in the Area

in Marine Affairs and Policy

Kanae Komaki
David Fluharty

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.00247

11,038 views
14 citations

Original Research

Published on 21 Apr 2023

Preliminary studies of the tardigrada communities from a polymetallic nodule area of the deep South China Sea

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Xiaogu Wang
Lifen Bai
Chunsheng Wang
Bo Lu
Yujie Li
Qinyi Lin
Xinyu Huang
Paulo Fontoura

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2023.1110841

3,973 views
2 citations

Review

Published on 27 Nov 2023

Developing best environmental practice for polymetallic nodule mining - a review of scientific recommendations

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Sabine Christiansen
Stefan Bräger

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2023.1243252

6,693 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 11 Nov 2024

Heterogeneous marine environments diversify microbial-driven polymetallic nodule formation in the South China Sea

in Aquatic Microbiology

Mingyan Lai
Qian Liu
Xiaogu Wang
Dong Sun
Lihua Ran
Xiaohu Li
Chenghao Yang
Bo Lu
Xue-Wei Xu
Chun-Sheng Wang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1430572

1,777 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 24 Oct 2024

Metal regeneration during an ex-situ disturbance experiment on deep-sea sediments from the polymetallic nodule area of western Pacific

in Marine Biogeochemistry

Juan Yang
Zhaohui Xing
Baolin Liu
Dong Sun
Chunsheng Wang
Luwei Han
Jianxin Xia
Wenquan Zhang
Chengbing Song

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1480906

1,250 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 09 Dec 2020

Using Habitat Classification to Assess Representativity of a Protected Area Network in a Large, Data-Poor Area Targeted for Deep-Sea Mining

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Kirsty A. McQuaid
Martin J. Attrill
Malcolm R. Clark
Amber Cobley
Adrian G. Glover
Craig R. Smith
Kerry L. Howell

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.558860

16,727 views
45 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 Sep 2017

From the Surface to the Deep-Sea: Bacterial Distributions across Polymetallic Nodule Fields in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean

in Aquatic Microbiology

Markus V. Lindh
Brianne M. Maillot
Christine N. Shulse
Andrew J. Gooday
Diva J. Amon
Craig R. Smith
Matthew J. Church

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01696

10,922 views
64 citations

Original Research

Published on 10 May 2021

Mesopelagic Scattering Layer Behaviors Across the Clarion-Clipperton Zone: Implications for Deep-Sea Mining

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Jessica N. Perelman
Eric Firing
Jesse M. A. van der Grient
Benjamin A. Jones
Jeffrey C. Drazen

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2021.632764

6,000 views
20 citations

Original Research

Published on 30 Mar 2021

Environmental Heterogeneity Throughout the Clarion-Clipperton Zone and the Potential Representativity of the APEI Network

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Travis W. Washburn
Daniel O. B. Jones
Chih-Lin Wei
Craig R. Smith

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2021.661685

10,397 views
47 citations

Original Research

Published on 30 Jun 2020

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

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Rob P. Harbour
Astrid B. Leitner
Carsten Ruehlemann
Annemiek Vink
Andrew K. Sweetman

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2020.00458

9,060 views
20 citations

Original Research

Published on 22 Apr 2025

Seafloor surficial sediment variability across the abyssal plains of the central and eastern pacific ocean

in Marine Geoscience

Devin Harrison
Jessica L. Kolbusz
Todd Bond
Catriona Macdonald
Yakufu Niyazi
Alan J. Jamieson
Heather A. Stewart

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1527469

3,085 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Apr 2024

Deep learning–assisted biodiversity assessment in deep-sea benthic megafauna communities: a case study in the context of polymetallic nodule mining

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Daphne Cuvelier
Martin Zurowietz
Tim W. Nattkemper

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1366078

3,457 views
8 citations

Original Research

Published on 01 Apr 2021

Patterns of Macrofaunal Biodiversity Across the Clarion-Clipperton Zone: An Area Targeted for Seabed Mining

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Travis W. Washburn
Lenaick Menot
Paulo Bonifácio
Ellen Pape
Magdalena Błażewicz
Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras
Thomas G. Dahlgren
Tomohiko Fukushima
Adrian G. Glover
Se Jong Ju

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2021.626571

11,587 views
54 citations

Original Research

Published on 13 May 2021

Bacterial and Archaeal Communities in Polymetallic Nodules, Sediments, and Bottom Waters of the Abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone: Emerging Patterns and Future Monitoring Considerations

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Emma K. Wear
Matthew J. Church
Beth N. Orcutt
Christine N. Shulse
Markus V. Lindh
Craig R. Smith

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2021.634803

6,532 views
16 citations

Original Research

Published on 06 Apr 2018

Biogeochemical Regeneration of a Nodule Mining Disturbance Site: Trace Metals, DOC and Amino Acids in Deep-Sea Sediments and Pore Waters

in Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology

Sophie A. L. Paul
Birgit Gaye
Matthias Haeckel
Sabine Kasten
Andrea Koschinsky

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2018.00117

7,845 views
42 citations

Articles

Macrobenthic communities in the polymetallic nodule field, Indian Ocean, based on multicore and box core analysis

Options to Improve Transparency of Environmental Monitoring Governance for Polymetallic Nodule Mining in the Area

Preliminary studies of the tardigrada communities from a polymetallic nodule area of the deep South China Sea

Developing best environmental practice for polymetallic nodule mining - a review of scientific recommendations

Heterogeneous marine environments diversify microbial-driven polymetallic nodule formation in the South China Sea

Metal regeneration during an ex-situ disturbance experiment on deep-sea sediments from the polymetallic nodule area of western Pacific

Using Habitat Classification to Assess Representativity of a Protected Area Network in a Large, Data-Poor Area Targeted for Deep-Sea Mining

From the Surface to the Deep-Sea: Bacterial Distributions across Polymetallic Nodule Fields in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean

Mesopelagic Scattering Layer Behaviors Across the Clarion-Clipperton Zone: Implications for Deep-Sea Mining

Environmental Heterogeneity Throughout the Clarion-Clipperton Zone and the Potential Representativity of the APEI Network

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

Seafloor surficial sediment variability across the abyssal plains of the central and eastern pacific ocean

Deep learning–assisted biodiversity assessment in deep-sea benthic megafauna communities: a case study in the context of polymetallic nodule mining

Patterns of Macrofaunal Biodiversity Across the Clarion-Clipperton Zone: An Area Targeted for Seabed Mining

Bacterial and Archaeal Communities in Polymetallic Nodules, Sediments, and Bottom Waters of the Abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone: Emerging Patterns and Future Monitoring Considerations

Biogeochemical Regeneration of a Nodule Mining Disturbance Site: Trace Metals, DOC and Amino Acids in Deep-Sea Sediments and Pore Waters