Opinion: Midwater ecosystems must be considered when evaluating environmental risks of deep-sea mining

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822; jdrazen@hawaii.edu.
² Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822.
³ International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Cambridge, MA 02139.
⁴ Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative, Cambridge, MA 02139.
⁵ Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA 95039.
⁶ Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.
⁷ National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington 6241, New Zealand.
⁸ Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964.
⁹ School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom.
¹⁰ Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822.
¹¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139.
¹² Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, FL 33004.
¹³ Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822.
¹⁴ School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Walpole, ME 04573.
¹⁵ Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan.

Jeffrey C Drazen et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 28;117(30):17455-17460.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2011914117. Epub 2020 Jul 8.

¹ Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822; jdrazen@hawaii.edu.
² Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822.
³ International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Cambridge, MA 02139.
⁴ Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative, Cambridge, MA 02139.
⁵ Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA 95039.
⁶ Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.
⁷ National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington 6241, New Zealand.
⁸ Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964.
⁹ School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom.
¹⁰ Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822.
¹¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139.
¹² Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, FL 33004.
¹³ Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822.
¹⁴ School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Walpole, ME 04573.
¹⁵ Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

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