Biodiversity, biogeography, and connectivity of polychaetes in the world's largest marine minerals exploration frontier
Stewart, Eva C. D.; Bribiesca‐Contreras, Guadalupe; Taboada, Sergi; Wiklund, Helena; Ravara, Ascensão; Pape, Ellen; De Smet, Bart; Neal, Lenka; Cunha, Marina R.; Jones, Daniel O. B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5218-1649; Smith, Craig R.; Glover, Adrian G.; Dahlgren, Thomas G.. 2023 Biodiversity, biogeography, and connectivity of polychaetes in the world's largest marine minerals exploration frontier. Diversity and Distributions. 10.1111/ddi.13690
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Abstract/Summary
The abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), Pacific Ocean, is an area of commercial importance owing to the growing interest in mining high-grade polymetallic nodules at the seafloor for battery metals. Research into the spatial patterns of faunal diversity, composition, and population connectivity is needed to better understand the ecological impacts of potential resource extraction. Here, a DNA taxonomy approach is used to investigate regional-scale patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic alpha and beta diversity, and genetic connectivity, of the dominant macrofaunal group (annelids) across a 6 million km2 region of the abyssal seafloor.
Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1111/ddi.13690 |
ISSN: | 1366-9516 |
Date made live: | 15 May 2023 10:30 +0 (UTC) |
URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534529 |
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