Key points
- A book chapter by Radziejewska et al. (2025) on cumulative effects assessment for deep-sea resource extraction management appears in Deep-Sea Mining Management, Policy and Regulation, edited by R. Sharma and published by Springer.
- The chapter covers how cumulative impact assessment fits into the ecosystem approach and adaptive management for deep-sea interventions including mining.
- An article by Gastineau et al. (2025) on xenophyophore-associated mitogenomes from two Clarion-Clipperton Zone specimens was published in Frontiers in Marine Science.
- One specimen yielded the first complete nuclear rRNA gene cluster obtained from a xenophyophore, and both specimens contained a second rRNA cluster likely from Endomyxa parasites.
A chapter titled Assessment of Cumulative Effects for Environmental Management of Deep-sea Areas Targeted for Resource Extraction (Radziejewska et al., 2025) has recently been published within the book edited by R. Sharma: Deep-Sea Mining Management, Policy and Regulation, published in Springer. The chapter discusses how the assessment of cumulative impacts/effects features in the ecosystem approach toward anthropogenic interventions (including deep sea mining) in the marine environment and in the adaptive management, how it is approached in various deep-sea settings, and how it can be, and has so far been, implemented.
An article Xenophyophore-associated mitogenomes: genomic investigations of two specimens from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (Gastineau et al., 2025) has been published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science. Two xenophyophore specimens were obtained and submitted to genomic investigations. One of the specimens yielded a complete cluster of nuclear rRNA genes, the first to be obtained from a xenophyophore. Another full cluster of rRNA, likely belonging to Endomyxa parasites, was found within both specimens.
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