Deep-sea macrofaunal impacts of a large-scale physical disturbance experiment in the Southeast Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 55-81

  Borowski, Christian ^a   Thiel, Hjalmar ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep sea macrofauna; Deep sea risk assessment; DISCOL experiment; Manganese nodule mining; Physical disturbance; Polychaeta; Recolonization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031847305     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00073-8     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Arntz, W.E., Weber, W., 1970. Cyprina islandica L. (Mollusca, Bivalvia) als Nahrung von Dorsch and Kliesche in der Kieler Bucht. Berichte der Deutschen Kommission für Meeresforschung 21 (1/4), 193-209.
2. Bergman, M. J. N., Fonds, M., Hup, M., Lewis, W., van der Puyl, P., Stam, A., den Uyl, D., 1990. Direct effects of beamtrawl fishing on benthic fauna in the North Sea - a pilot study. BEON Rapport 8, 33-46.
3. Bergman, M.J.N., Hup, M., 1992. Direct effects of beamtrawling on macrofauna in a sandy sediment in the southern North Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science 49, 5-11.
4. Bluhm, H., Schriever, G., Thiel, H., 1995. Megabenthic recolonization in an experimentally disturbed abyssal manganese nodule area. Marine Georesources and Geotechnology 13, 393-416.
5. Borowski, C., 1995. New records of Longosomatidae (Heterospionidae) (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the abyssal Southeast Pacific with the description of Heterospio peruana sp. n. and general remarks on the family. Mitteilungen des hamburgischen zoologischen Museums und Instituts 92 (Suppl. 1), 129-144.
6. Borowski, C., 1996. Taxonomische und ökologische Untersuchungen an der sedimentbewohnenden Tiefsee-Makrofauna eines Manganknollenfeldes im Peru-Becken (Äquatorialer Ostpazifik) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Ergebnisse aus dem Tiefsee-Umweltschutzprojekt DISCOL. Diss. FB Biologie, Univ. Hamburg, Shaker Verlag, Aachen, 321pp.
7. Caddy, J.F., 1973. Underwater observations on tracks of dredges and trawls and some effects of dredging on a scallop ground. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 30, 173-180.
8. Dayton, P.K., Hessler, R.R., 1972. Role of biological disturbance in maintaining diversity in the deep sea. Deep-Sea Research 19, 199-208.
9. Desbruyères, D., Bervas, J.Y., Khripounoff, A., 1980. Un cas de colonisation rapide d'un sédiment profond. Oceanologica Acta 3 (3), 285-291.
10. Desbruyères, D., Deming, J.W., Dinet, A., Khripounoff, A., 1985. Réactions de l'écosystème benthique profond aux perturbations: nouveaux résultats expérimentaux. In: Laubier, L., Monniot, C., (Eds.), Peuplements profonds du Golfe de Gascogne. Campagnes Biogas, IFREMER, Brest, pp. 193-208.
11. Eleftheriou, A., Robertson, M.R., 1992. The effects of experimental scallop dredging on the fauna and physical environment of a shallow sandy community. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 30, 289-299.
12. Fauchald, K., Hancock, D.R., 1981. Deep water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology 11, 1-73.
13. Fleeger, J.W., Thistle, D., Thiel, H., 1988. Sampling equipment. In: Higgins, R.P., Thiel, H. (Eds.), Introduction to the study of meiofauna, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., pp. 115-125.
14. Foell, E.J., Schriever, G., Bluhm, H., Borowski, C., Bussau, C., Thiel, H., 1992. Disturbance and recolonization experiment in the abyssal South Pacific Ocean (DISCOL): an update. Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference Vol. OTC-6805, pp. 25-34.
15. Foell, E.J., Thiel, H., Schriever, G., 1990. DISCOL: a long term, large-scale, disturbance-recolonization experiment in the abyssal eastern tropical South Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference Vol. OTC-6328, pp. 497-503.
16. Fukushima, T., 1995. Overview "Japan Deep-Sea Impact Experiment = JET", Procedings of the ISOPE - Ocean Mining Symposium, Tsukuba, Japan, 21-22, November 1995, pp. 47-53.
17. Grassle, J.F., 1977. Slow recolonization of deep-sea sediment. Nature 265, 618-619.
18. Grassle, J.F., 1994. Ecological patterns in the deep-sea benthos: How are they related to reproduction, larval biology, and recruitment. In: Young, C.M., Eckelbarger, K.J. (Eds.), Reproduction, Larval Biology, and Recruitment of the Deep-Sea Benthos, Columbia University Press, New York, pp. 307-315.
19. Grassle, J.F., Morse-Porteous, L.S., 1987. Macrofaunal colonization of disturbed deep-sea environments and the structure of deep-sea benthic communities. Deep-Sea Research 34 (12), 1911-1950.
20. Halbach, P., Puteanus, D., 1988. Morphology and composition of manganese nodules: Morphology. In: Halbach, P., Friedrich, G., von Stackelberg, U. (Eds), The Manganese Nodule Belt of the Pacific Ocean, Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 17-20.
21. Hall, S.J., 1994. Physical disturbance and marine benthic communities: Life in unconsolidated sediments. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Revue 32, 179-239.
22. Heezen, B.C., Hollister, C.D., 1971. The Face of the Deep. Oxford University Press, New York, 659 pp.
23. Hurlbert, S.H., 1971. The nonconcept of species diversity: a critique and alternative parameters. Ecology 52 (4), 577-586.
24. Jumars, P.A., 1981. Limits in predicting and detecting benthic community responses to manganese nodule mining. Marine Mining 3 (1/2), 213-229.
25. Karbe, L., 1987. Hot brines and deep sea environment. In: Edwards, A.J., Head, S.M., (Eds.), Red Sea (Key Environments), Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 70-89.
26. Klein, H., 1993. Near-bottom currents in the deep Peru Basin, DISCOL Experimental Area. Deutsche Hydrographische Zeitschrift 45, 31-42.
27. Kukert, H., 1991. In situ experiments in response of deep-sea macrofauna to burial disturbance. Pacific Science 45 (1), 95.
28. Kukert, H., Smith, C.R., 1992. Disturbance, colonization and succession in a deep-sea sediment community: artificial mound experiments. Deep-Sea Research 39 (7/8), 1349-1371.
29. Levin, L.A., Smith, C.R., 1984. Response of background fauna to disturbance and enrichment in the deep sea: a sediment tray experiment. Deep-Sea Research 31 (11), 1277-1285.
30. Medcof, J.C., Caddy, J.F., 1971. Underwater observations and performance of clam dredges of three types Mimeo, ICES, Gear and Behaviour Commission, CM 1971/B:10.
31. Middelburg, J.J., 1989. A simple rate model for organic matter decomposition in marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 53, 1577-1581.
32. Nowell, A.R.M., Jumars, P.A., 1984. Flow environments of aquatic benthos. Annual Revue of Ecology and Systematics 15, 303-328.
33. Paterson, G.L.J., Lambshead, P.J.D., 1995. Bathymetric patterns of polychaete diversity in the Rockall Trough, northeast Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research I 42 (7), 1199-1214.
34. Pearson, T.H., Rosenberg, R., 1978. Macrobenthic succession in relation to organic enrichment and pollution of the marine environment. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Revue 16, 229-311.
35. Reidenauer, J.A., Thistle, D., 1985. The tanaid fauna from a region of the deep North Atlantic where near-bottom current velocities are high. Oceanologica Acta 8, 355-360.
36. Rhoads, D.C., Young, D.K., 1970. The influence of deposit feeding organisms on bottom sediment stability and community trophic structure. Journal of Marine Research 28, 150-178.
37. Smith, C.R., 1985. Colonization studies in the deep sea: Are results biased by experimental designs? In: Gibbs, P.E. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 19th European marine Biology Symposium, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 183-190.
38. Smith, C.R., 1986. Nekton falls, low-intensity disturbance and a community structure of infaunal benthos in the deep sea. Journal of Marine Research 44, 567-600.
39. Smith, C.R., Jumars, P.A., DeMaster, D.J., 1986. In situ studies of megafaunal mounds indicate rapid sediment turnover and community response at the deep-sea floor. Nature 323, 251-253.
40. Snelgrove, P.V.R., Butman, C.A., Grassle, J.P., 1993. Hydrodynamic enhancement of larval settlement in the bivalve Mulina lateralis (Say) and the polychaete Capitella sp. I in microdepositional environments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 168, 71-109.
41. Snelgrove, P.V.R., Grassle, J.F., Petrecca, R.F., 1992. The role of food patches in maintaining high deep-sea diversity: field experiments with hydrodynamically unbiased colonization trays. Limnology and Oceanography 37 (7), 1543-1550.
42. Snelgrove, P.V.R., Grassle, J.F., Petrecca, R.F., 1994. Macrofaunal response to artificial enrichments and depressions in a deep-sea habitat. Journal of Marine Research 52, 345-369.
43. Sokolova, M.N., 1972. Trophic structure of deep-sea macrobenthos. Marine Biology 16, 1-12.
44. Stockton, W.L., DeLaca, T.E., 1982. Food falls in the deep sea: occurrence, quality, and significance. Deep-Sea Research 29 (2A), 157-169.
45. Thiel, H., 1991. From MESEDA to DISCOL: a new approach to deep-sea mining risk assessments. Marine Mining 10, 369-386.
46. Thiel, H., 1992a. Deep-sea environmental disturbance and recovery potential. Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie 77 (2), 331-339.
47. Thiel, H., 1992b. The DISCOL project. Ocean Challenge 3 (1), 40-64.
48. Thiel, H., Schriever, G., 1990. Deep-sea mining, environmental impact and the DISCOL project. Ambio 19 (5), 245-250.
49. Thiel, H., Pfannkuche, O., Schriever, G., Lochte, K., Gooday, A.J., Hemmleben, C., Mantoura, C.M., Turley, C.M., Patching, J.W., Riemann, F., 1988/89. Phytodetritus on the deep-sea floor in a central region of the northeast Atlantic. Biological Oceanography 6, 203-239.
50. Thistle, D., Wilson, G.D.F., 1987. A hydrodynamically modified, abyssal isopod fauna. Deep-Sea Research 34 (1), 73-87.
51. Thistle, D., Yingst, J.Y., Fauchald, K., 1985. A deep-sea benthic community exposed to strong near-bottom currents on the Scotian Rise (western Atlantic). Marine Geology 66, 91-112.