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Biodiversity of nematode assemblages from the region of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, an area of commercial mining interest

BACKGROUND: The possibility for commercial mining of deep-sea manganese nodules is currently under exploration in the abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone. Nematodes have potential for biomonitoring of the impact of commercial activity but the natural biodiversity is unknown. We investigate the...

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Autores principales: Lambshead, P John D, Brown, Caroline J, Ferrero, Timothy J, Hawkins, Lawrence E, Smith, Craig R, Mitchell, Nicola J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC140317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12519466
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-3-1