This volume discusses environmental issues associated with deep-sea mining, with an emphasis on potential impacts, their consequences and the policy perspectives. The book describes the methods and technologies to assess, monitor and mitigate mining impacts on marine environment…
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"Vents and seeps are the epitome of life in extreme environments, but there is much more to these systems than just black smokers or hydrocarbon seeps. Many other ecosystems are characterized by moving fluids and this book provides an overview of the different habitats, their sp…
Vents and seeps are the epitome of life in extreme environments, but there is much more to these systems than just black smokers or hydrocarbon seeps. Many other ecosystems are characterized by moving fluids and this book provides an overview of the different habitats, their spe…
This volume examines the deep sea ecosystem from a variety of perspectives. The initial chapters examine the deep-sea floor, the deep pelagic environment and the more specialised chemosynthetic environments of hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. These environments are examined …
The deep-sea floor : an overview / D. Thistle -- The pelagic environment of the open ocean / M.V. Angel -- Reducing environments of the deep-sea floor / V. Tunnicliffe, S.K. Juniper and M. Sibuet -- The deep Atlantic Ocean / L.A. Levin and A.J. Gooday -- The deep Pacific Ocean f…
