In order to accurately know the progress in frontier technologies and research hotspots in environmental monitoring and protection during deep-sea mining, after the patents and academic literature from January 1, 2005 to April 14, 2025 in the filed of deep-sea mining were retrieved with IncoPat and Web of Science, a statistical analysis was performed with bibliometric methods for 542 published patents and 469 academic literature, and then the development trend in this field was also discussed. It is shown that a synchronous increase in both patents and academic literature highlights the support of basic research for technological innovation. By formulating corresponding policies and through institutional collaboration, China has shifted its place from following others to keeping pace and even leading the pack in theoretical research. China has also put emphasis on the technologies of environmental monitoring and protection in its scientific research on deep-sea mining, and established a technical system and theoretical framework with in situ observation technologies for environmental impacts during deep-sea mining at the core. As a result, the research perspective has shifted toward understanding of complex system mechanisms. In the future, the environmental monitoring and protection system for deep-sea mining will be composed of four core modules, including environmental monitoring, environmental assessment, environmental management and environmental protection, and form an ecological risk supervision and management framework through the whole mining process, which will also be continually updated.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |