• Biodiversity, biogeography, and connectivity of polychaetes in the world's largest marine minerals exploration frontier 

      Stewart, Eva C.D.; Bribiesca-Contreras, Guadalupe; Taboada, Sergi; Wiklund, Helena; Ravara, Ascensao; Pape, Ellen; De Smet, Bart; Neal, Lenka; Cunha, Marina R.; Jones, Daniel O.B.; Smith, Craig R.; Glover, Adrian G.; Dahlgren, Thomas Gunnar (Journal article, 2023)
      Aim The abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), Pacific Ocean, is an area of commercial importance owing to the growing interest in mining high-grade polymetallic nodules at the seafloor for battery metals. Research into ...
    • Carbonate compensation depth drives abyssal biogeography in the northeast Pacific 

      Simon-Lledó, Erik; Amon, Diva J.; Bribiesca-Contreras, Guadalupe; Cuvelier, Daphne; Durden, Jennifer M.; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Uhlenkott, Katja; Arbizu, Pedro Martinez; Benoist, Noelie; Copley, Jonathan; Dahlgren, Thomas Gunnar; Glover, Adrian G.; Fleming, Bethany; Horton, Tammy; Ju, Se-Jong; Mejía-Saenz, Alejandra; McQuaid, Kirsty; Pape, Ellen; Park, Chailinn; Smith, Craig R.; Jones, Daniel O.B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Abyssal seafloor communities cover more than 60% of Earth’s surface. Despite their great size, abyssal plains extend across modest environmental gradients compared to other marine ecosystems. However, little is known about ...
    • Patterns of Macrofaunal Biodiversity Across the Clarion-Clipperton Zone: An Area Targeted for Seabed Mining 

      Washburn, Travis; Menot, Lenaick; Bonifácio, Paulo; Pape, Ellen; Blazewicz, Magdalena; Bribiesca-Contreras, Lupita; Dahlgren, Thomas Gunnar; Fukushima, Tomohiko; Glover, Adrian G.; Jung Ju, Se; Kaiser, Stefanie; Hwan Yu, Ok; Smith, Craig R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Macrofauna are an abundant and diverse component of abyssal benthic communities and are likely to be heavily impacted by polymetallic nodule mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). In 2012, the International Seabed ...