AUTHOR=Fritz Jan-Stefan TITLE=Commentary: Threatened by mining, polymetallic nodules are required to preserve abyssal epifauna JOURNAL=Frontiers in Marine Science VOLUME=3 YEAR=2016 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2016.00190 DOI=10.3389/fmars.2016.00190 ISSN=2296-7745