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New insights into biodiversity hotspots could help protect them from potential deep-sea mining

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2018-03-06

New insights into animal patterns around extinct submarine volcanoes could inform measures used to protect marine ecosystems from human activities, such as trawling and deep-sea mining. These insights have been published today in Nature Scientific Reports, and show that the structure of marine life communities depends on depth and small-scale features on the sea floor.

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https://phys.org/news/2018-03-insights-biodiversity-hotspots-potential-deep-sea.html