Polymetallic Nodule Mining, Waste Disposal, and Species Extinction at the Abyssal Seafloor
Polymetallic Nodule Mining, Waste Disposal, and Species Extinction at the Abyssal Seafloor
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深海海底多金属结核开采、废物处理和物种灭绝
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2005
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E. J. Foell
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H. Thiel;G. Schriever;E. J. Foell
用于多金属结核开采的各个采矿区块的面积似乎相当小，在法国采矿权中不超过100平方公里。即使在直接受影响的地区再增加一个再沉积区，受影响的海床面积仍将低于200平方公里。我们假设，即使是深海中的稀有物种也栖息在更大的区域，并建议国际海底管理局和不同次区域的其他利益攸关方从开采与物种灭绝和养护的角度讨论采矿战略。虽然在深海海底处置废物的影响不同于结核采矿的影响，但也可适用200平方公里的概念。
ABSTRACT The size of individual mining blocks for polymetallic nodule extraction seems to be rather small, not more than 100 km2 in the French mining claim. Even when adding an additional resedimentation zone to the directly impacted area, the size of the affected seabed would remain below 200 km2. We assume that even rare species in the abyss inhabit larger areas and propose discussions of the International Seabed Authority and other stakeholders for the different subregions on mining strategies from the perspective of exploitation versus species extinction and conservation. Although impacts of waste disposal at the abyssal seafloor are different from those of nodule mining, the 200 km2 concept may also be applied.