• 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 ...
    • Biogeography and Connectivity Across Habitat Types and Geographical Scales in Pacific Abyssal Scavenging Amphipods 

      Bribiesca-Contreras, Guadalupe; Dahlgren, Thomas Gunnar; Horton, Tammy; Drazen, Jeffrey C; Drennan, Regan; Jones, Daniel O.B.; Leitner, Astrid B; McQuaid, Kirsty A; Smith, Craig R.; Taboada, Sergio; Wiklund, Helena; Glover, Adrian G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Recently, there has been a resurgent interest in the exploration of deep-sea mineral deposits, particularly polymetallic nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), central Pacific. Accurate environmental impact assessment ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...