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Ecological impacts of large-scale disposal of mining waste in the deep sea

Deep-Sea Tailings Placement (DSTP) from terrestrial mines is one of several large-scale industrial activities now taking place in the deep sea. The scale and persistence of its impacts on seabed biota are unknown. We sampled around the Lihir and Misima island mines in Papua New Guinea to measure the...

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Autores principales: Hughes, David J., Shimmield, Tracy M., Black, Kenneth D., Howe, John A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25939397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep09985