Research Seminar/Log 11 10 2023

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Oceans Uni

Susan Reid:
https://extractingtheocean.org/author/sue/


Rolle der ISA hinterfragt. Artenvielfalt auf dem Meeresboden.

Überhaupt nicht klar, in wieweit die Menschheit die abgebauten Materialien, Organismen überhaupt benötigt.
Xenophyophores »bearer of foreign bodies» (Gk)
Very fragile — therefore difficult to study
First described as sponges the ameboids then in ther own class as Protista.
Now classed as Foraminferans
—depth between 500 to 10.000 metrets
—range from few mm to 20cm across
—important megafaunal organisms in the abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) — samling in several of the areas licensed for nodule prospecting has revealed the presence of many »species«
Composed of the matters of their being and of the bodies of the sea
Syringammina_Fragilissima