What is a Sustainable Marine Economy?
A sustainable marine (or “blue”) economy balances the growing use of ocean resources with the urgent need to protect marine ecosystems. As demand rises across industries like energy, shipping, aquaculture and tourism, there’s increasing pressure on the ocean to deliver economic growth, but without long-term harm to biodiversity, coastal communities or the climate.
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Long-term impact and biological recovery in a deep-sea mining track
Jones, Daniel O.B. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5218-1649; Arias, Maria Belen; Van Audenhaege, Loïc ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3973-029X; Blackbird, Sabena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0942-6836; Boolukos, Corie; Bribiesca-Contreras, Guadalupe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8163-8724; Copley, Jonathan T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3333-4325; Dale, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9256-7770; Evans, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1756-0568; Fleming, Bethany F.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6608-2841; Gates, Andrew R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2798-5044; Grant, Hannah; Hartl, Mark G.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1208-2050; Huvenne, Veerle A.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7135-6360; Jeffreys, Rachel M.; Josso, Pierre; King, Lucas D.; Simon-Lledó, Erik ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9667-2917; Le Bas, Tim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2545-782X; Norman, Louisa; O’Malley, Bryan; Peacock, Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7639-0194; Shimmield, Tracy; Stewart, Eva C.D.; Sweetman, Andrew K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9547-9493; Wardell, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5069-7905; Aleynik, Dmitry ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2066-1960; Glover, Adrian G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9489-074X.
2025
Long-term impact and biological recovery in a deep-sea mining track.
Nature, 642.
112-118.
10.1038/s41586-025-08921-3
2025
Article
Are macroinvertebrate communities influenced by seagrass structural complexity?
Attrill, Martin J.; Strong, James A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8603-097X; Rowden, Ashley A..
2008
Are macroinvertebrate communities influenced by seagrass structural complexity?
Ecography, 23 (1).
114-121.
10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00266.x
2008
Article
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