Phylogenetic clustering and rarity imply risk of local species extinction in prospective deep-sea mining areas of the Clarion–Clipperton Fracture Zone
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2666
Abstract: An understanding of the forces controlling community structure in the deep sea is essential at a time when its pristineness is threatened by polymetallic nodule mining. Because abiotically defined communities are more sensitive to environmental… read more here.
Keywords: rarity; deep sea; mining; clipperton fracture ... See more keywords