The deep-sea floor ecosystem: Current status and prospects of anthropogenic change by the year 2025

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-241

  Glover, Adrian G ^a,b   Smith, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic change; Climate change; Deep sea ecosystem; Deep sea fisheries; Deep sea mining; Drill cuttings; Environmental impacts; Future status; Long term trends; Manganese nodules; Oil and gas drilling; Sea floor; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; SEDIMENTS;

DEEP-SEA FLOOR ECOSYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

ANTHROPOLOGY; BENTHOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEEP SEA; DUMPING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXTRACTION; FISHING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINING; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141533287     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892903000225     Document Type: Review

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