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ArticleNature2025

Long-term impact and biological recovery in a deep-sea mining track.

Daniel O B Jones, Maria Belen Arias, Loïc Van Audenhaege, Sabena Blackbird, Corie Boolukos, Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras, Jonathan T Copley, Andrew Dale, Susan Evans, Bethany F M Fleming and 18 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Assessing mining impacts in the deep sea.Nature ecology & evolution · 2026
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  7. Discovery of a deep-sea coral garden ofMarine biodiversity : a journal of the Senckenberg Research Institute · 2026
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  8. Drifting in the abyss: an in-situ observation of swimming inMarine biodiversity : a journal of the Senckenberg Research Institute · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Daniel O B JonesNational Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK. dj1@noc.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-5218-1649
Maria Belen AriasNatural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, UK.
Loïc Van AudenhaegeNational Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3973-029X
Sabena BlackbirdSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0942-6836
Corie BoolukosNatural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, UK.
Guadalupe Bribiesca-ContrerasNational Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8163-8724
Jonathan T CopleyOcean and Earth Science, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3333-4325
Andrew DaleScottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Argyll, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9256-7770
Susan EvansNational Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1756-0568
Bethany F M FlemingNational Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6608-2841
Andrew R GatesNational Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK.
Hannah GrantBritish Geological Survey, The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh, UK.
Mark G J HartlHeriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1208-2050
Veerle A I HuvenneNational Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7135-6360
Rachel M JeffreysSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Pierre JossoBritish Geological Survey, The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh, UK.
Lucas D KingNatural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, UK.
Erik Simon-LledóNational Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9667-2917
Tim Le BasNational Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2545-782X
Louisa NormanSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Bryan O'MalleyEckerd College, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA.
Thomas PeacockMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7639-0194
Tracy ShimmieldBritish Geological Survey, The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh, UK.
Eva C D StewartNatural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, UK.
Andrew K SweetmanScottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Argyll, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9547-9493
Catherine WardellNational Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5069-7905
Dmitry AleynikScottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Argyll, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2066-1960
Adrian G GloverNatural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9489-074X

Funding

NERC INSPIRE Doctoral Training ProgrammeUK Seabed Resources Ltd
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining is in the exploration phase at present with some groups proposing a move towards extraction within years

Indexed as

Aquatic OrganismsEcosystemMiningSeawaterAnimalsBiodiversityGeologic SedimentsOceans and SeasTime Factors

Identifiers

PMID40139245
PMCPMC12137123

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