• Environment, ecology, and potential effectiveness of an area protected from deep-sea mining (Clarion Clipperton Zone, abyssal Pacific) 

      Jones, Daniel O.B.; Simon-Lledó, Erik; Amon, Diva J.; Bett, Brian J.; Caulle, Clémence; Clément, Louis; Connelly, Douglas P.; Dahlgren, Thomas Gunnar; Durden, Jennifer M.; Drazen, Jeffrey C.; Felden, Janine; Gates, Andrew R.; Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Glover, Adrian G.; Gooday, Andrew J.; Hollingsworth, Anita L; Horton, Tammy; James, Rachael H.; Jeffreys, Rachel M.; Laguionie-Marchais, Clare; Leitner, Astrid B; Lichtschlag, Anna; Menendez, Amaya; Paterson, Gordon; Peel, Kate; Robert, Katleen; Schoening, Timm; Shulga, Natalia A.; Smith, Craig R.; Taboada, Sergio; Thurnherr, Andreas M.; Wiklund, Helena; Young, C. Robert; Huvenne, Veerle A.I. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      To protect the range of habitats, species, and ecosystem functions in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a region of interest for deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining in the Pacific, nine Areas of Particular Environmental ...
    • Eukaryotic biodiversity and spatial patterns in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone and other abyssal regions: insights from sediment DNA and RNA metabarcoding 

      Lejzerowicz, Franck; Gooday, Andrew J.; Barrenechea Angeles, Inès; Cordier, Tristan; Morard, Raphael; Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, Laure; Lins, Lidia; Menot, Lenaick; Brandt, Angelika; Levin, Lisa A.; Martinez Arbizu, Pedro; Smith, Craig R.; Pawlowski, Jan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The abyssal seafloor is a mosaic of highly diverse habitats that represent the least known marine ecosystems on Earth. Some regions enriched in natural resources, such as polymetallic nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone ...
    • Patterns of eukaryotic diversity from the surface to the deep-ocean sediment 

      Cordier, Tristan; Angeles, Inès Barrenechea; Henry, Nicolas; Lejzerowicz, Franck; Berney, Cédric; Morard, Raphaël; Brandt, Angelika; Cambon-Bonavita, Marie-Anne; Guidi, Lionel; Lombard, Fabien; Arbizu, Pedro Martinez; Massana, Ramon; Orejas, Covadonga; Poulain, Julie; Smith, Craig R.; Wincker, Patrick; Arnaud-Haond, Sophie; Gooday, Andrew J.; de Vargas, Colomban; Pawlowski, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Remote deep-ocean sediment (DOS) ecosystems are among the least explored biomes on Earth. Genomic assessments of their biodiversity have failed to separate indigenous benthic organisms from sinking plankton. Here, we compare ...
    • Taxon-rich transcriptomics supports higher-level phylogeny and major evolutionary trends in Foraminifera 

      Sierra, Roberto; Mauffrey, Florian; Cruz, Joana; Holzmann, Maria; Gooday, Andrew J.; Maurer-Alcalá, Xyrus; Thakur, Rabindra; Greco, Mattia; Weiner, Agnes; Katz, Laura A.; Pawlowski, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Foraminifera, classified in the supergroup Rhizaria, are a common and highly diverse group of mainly marine protists. Despite their evolutionary and ecological importance, only limited genomic data (one partial genome and ...