ArticleCommunicative & integrative biology2020
Giant, highly diverse protists in the abyssal Pacific: vulnerability to impacts from seabed mining and potential for recovery.
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- No link between polymetallic nodules and anomalous oxygen concentration increases in benthic experiments from the Clarion Clipperton Zone.F1000Research · 2026Article
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- Giant cells: multiple cells unite to survive.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Review
- Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery.PeerJ · 2023Article
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Abstract
Xenophyophores, giant deep-sea agglutinated foraminifera, dominate the benthic megafauna in the eastern equatorial Pacific Clarion-Clipperton Zone. This abyssal (>4000 m depth) region hosts major deposits of polymetallic nodules targeted for future seabed mining, an activity that would destroy these highly diverse and delicate protists, particularly those living on the nodules themselves. Since the cell occupies only a small proportion of their test volume, xenophyophores may make a fairly modest contribution to benthic biomass and carbon cycling. Nevertheless, xenophyophore tests can passively enhance particle deposition, concentrate food, and provide habitat structure utilized by diverse organisms. Their destruction could therefore influence the recovery of benthic communities. Species requiring nodule substrates will likely not recover, since nodules take millions of years to form. However, xenophyophores can grow quickly and colonize extensive volcanic ash deposits within years, suggesting that sediment-dwelling species could be among the first large immobile organisms to reappear in mining-impacted areas.
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