Tissue loss of the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during an ex-situ experiment simulating deep-sea mining sediment plumes in the Azores ...
We report the results of an aquaria-based experiment testing the effects of simulated sediment plumes generated during mining activities for the extraction of ferromanganese nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), northeastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, and seafloor massive sulfides f...
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2024
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.966836 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.966836 |
Summary: | We report the results of an aquaria-based experiment testing the effects of simulated sediment plumes generated during mining activities for the extraction of ferromanganese nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), northeastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, and seafloor massive sulfides from a hydrothermal vent field in the Azores, northeast Atlantic, on the physiology of the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor. Coral fragments were exposed to five experimental treatments for a period of four weeks at the DeepSeaLab aquaria facilities (Okeanos-University of the Azores): (1) suspended plumes of abyssal sediments from nodule fields at a concentration of 10 mg/l (2) suspended plumes of abyssal sediments from nodule fields at a concentration of 50 mg/l; (3) hydrothermal polymetallic sulphide particles at a concentration of 10 mg/l; (4) hydrothermal polymetallic sulphide particles at a concentration of 50 mg/l; and (5) a control treatment with no sediment addition. The surface area of the ... : Species: Dentomuricea aff. meteor1. Experimental treatmentsControl: no particle additionPMS10: Polymetallic sulphides at a concentration of 10 mg/lPMS50: Polymetallic sulphides at a concentration of 50 mg/lNFS10: Nodule field sediments at a concentration of 10 mg/lNFS50: Nodule field sediments at a concentration of 50 mg/lParticles delivered daily in 12 hours cycles ... |
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