Ecotoxicological effects of deep-sea mining in a polymetallic nodules field in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone

Nelia Mestre1, Pasqualina Gaetano1, Juliano M Vilke1, Leandro T Marinho1, Santiago Correia1, Carmen Sousa1, Joana Raimundo2,3, Miguel Caetano2,3 and Katja Schmidt4, (1)CIMA-ARNET, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, (2)Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Lisboa, Portugal, (3)Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Porto, Portugal, (4)BGR Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, Germany