Opinion: Midwater Ecosystems Must Be Considered When Evaluating Environmental Risks of Deep-Sea Mining

Authors

Jeffrey C. Drazen, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Craig R. Smith, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Kristina Gjerde, International Union for the Conservation of Nature; Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative
Steven Haddock, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Glenn S. Carter, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Anela Choy, University of California at San Diego
Malcolm R. Clark, New Zealand Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Pierre Dutrieux, Columbia University
Erica Goetze, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Chris Hauton, University of Southampton - United Kingdom
Mariko Hatta, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Julian Koslow, University of California - San Diego
Astrid Brigitta Leitner, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Aude Pacini, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jessica Nicole Perelman, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Thomas Peacock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tracey Sutton, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Les Watling, University of Hawaii at Manoa; University of Maine
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-8-2020

Publication Title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

ISSN

0027-8424

First Page

1

Last Page

6

Comments

©2020 Published under the PNAS license.

NSUWorks Citation

Jeffrey C. Drazen, Craig R. Smith, Kristina Gjerde, Steven Haddock, Glenn S. Carter, Anela Choy, Malcolm R. Clark, Pierre Dutrieux, Erica Goetze, Chris Hauton, Mariko Hatta, Julian Koslow, Astrid Brigitta Leitner, Aude Pacini, Jessica Nicole Perelman, Thomas Peacock, Tracey Sutton, Les Watling, and Hiroyuki Yamamoto. 2020. Opinion: Midwater Ecosystems Must Be Considered When Evaluating Environmental Risks of Deep-Sea Mining .Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America : 1 -6. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/1117.

ORCID ID

0000-0002-5280-7071

DOI

10.1073/pnas.2011914117