• 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • How many metazoan species live in the world's largest mineral exploration region? 

      Rabone, Muriel; Wiethase, Joris H.; Simon-Lledo, Erik; Emery, Aidan M.; Jones, Daniel O.B.; Dahlgren, Thomas Gunnar; Bribiesca-Contreras, Guadalupe; Wiklund, Helena; Horton, Tammy; Glover, Adrian G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The global surge in demand for metals such as cobalt and nickel has created unprecedented interest in deep-sea habitats with mineral resources. The largest area of activity is a 6 million km2 region known as the ...