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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2025

Ecological Impacts of Deep-Sea Mining Waste on Marine Algae and Copepod

Catherine Thomson, Alastair J M Lough, Jean Moorkens, Te Liu, Shelby A Gunnells, Jessica N Fitzsimmons, Zvi Steiner, Ann G Dunlea, Clare Woulds, William B Homoky and 3 more

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Catherine ThomsonCentre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, U.K.
Alastair J M LoughFaculty of Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K.
Jean MoorkensDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Buckhurst Rd, Berks SL5 7PY, U.K.
Te LiuSchool of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH, U.K.
Shelby A GunnellsDepartment of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
Jessica N FitzsimmonsDepartment of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
Zvi SteinerFredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-9584-4956
Ann G DunleaDepartment of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, United States.
Clare WouldsFaculty of Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K.
William B HomokyFaculty of Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K.
Mengjiao WangGreenpeace Research Laboratories, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RN, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-2118-9124
Qiao-Guo TanFujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, State Key Lab of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9692-6622
Fengjie LiuDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Buckhurst Rd, Berks SL5 7PY, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-2359-5022

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With growing global interest in critical metals, large-scale operations are increasingly proposed by some for mining across deep-sea ecosystems, raising concerns about environmental impacts on and beyond the seafloor. Discharges of mining-derived sediments and effluent into the pelagic zone can spread contamination beyond benthic environments, particularly via diel vertically migrating species, affecting epipelagic and mesopelagic communities. This study investigates the effects of sediments from the Clarion-Clipperton zone (CCZ) on representative phytoplankton and zooplankton under laboratory conditions, focusing on nutrient availability, metal toxicity, and reproductive impacts. Sediment particles stimulated the growth of nitrogen- or metal-limited diatoms (

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CopepodaMiningAnimalsDiatomsEcosystemGeologic SedimentsPhytoplanktonSeawaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater Pollutants, ChemicalClarion−Clipperton zonedeep-sea miningecological impactsenvironmental risk assessmentmetal toxicityphytoplanktonsuspended sedimentszooplankton

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PMID40963244
PMCPMC12490012

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