Deep-sea benthic communities in the largest oceanic desert are structured by the presence of polymetallic crust

The potential of low-cost ROV for use in deep-sea mineral, ore prospecting and monitoring

(2018) Jonathan Teague et al.   OCEAN ENGINEERING

Exploration before exploitation

(2018) Erik E. Cordes et al.   SCIENCE

Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities

(2017) Sabine Gollner et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Continuous growth of hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts since 17 Myr ago on Takuyo-Daigo Seamount, NW Pacific, at water depths of 800–5500 m

(2017) Akira Usui et al.   ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS

Mollusc species richness and abundance from shelf to abyssal depths in the Ross Sea (Antarctica): the importance of fine-mesh-towed gears and implications for future sampling

(2017) Claudio Ghiglione et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Rethinking the importance of food quality in marine benthic food webs

(2017) Neus Campanyà-Llovet et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Functional Rarity: The Ecology of Outliers

(2017) Cyrille Violle et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Rare species contribute disproportionately to the functional structure of species assemblages

(2016) Rafael P. Leitão et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Insights into the abundance and diversity of abyssal megafauna in a polymetallic-nodule region in the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone

(2016) Diva J. Amon et al.   Scientific Reports

Why taxonomists and ecologists are not, but should be, carpooling?

(2015) Panu Halme et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Benthic megafaunal community structure of cobalt-rich manganese crusts on Necker Ridge

(2015) Nicole B. Morgan et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Megabenthic assemblage structure on three New Zealand seamounts: implications for seafloor massive sulfide mining

(2015) RE Boschen et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Mass extinction in poorly known taxa

(2015) Claire Régnier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Options for managing impacts of climate change on a deep-sea community

(2015) Ronald E. Thresher et al.   Nature Climate Change

Megabenthic assemblage structure on three New Zealand seamounts: implications for seafloor massive sulfide mining

(2015) RE Boschen et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Strong Depth-Related Zonation of Megabenthos on a Rocky Continental Margin (∼700–4000 m) off Southern Tasmania, Australia

(2014) Ronald Thresher et al.   PLoS One

A global assessment of seamount ecosystems knowledge using an ecosystem evaluation framework

(2013) Kristina Ø. Kvile et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Rapid change with depth in megabenthic structure-forming communities of the Makapu'u deep-sea coral bed

(2013) Dustin J. Long et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Seamount benthos in a cobalt-rich crust region of the central Pacific: conservation challenges for future seabed mining

(2013) Thomas A. Schlacher et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

recluster: an unbiased clustering procedure for beta-diversity turnover

(2013) Leonardo Dapporto et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Rarefaction and extrapolation with Hill numbers: a framework for sampling and estimation in species diversity studies

(2013) Anne Chao et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

The challenge of delineating biogeographical regions: nestedness matters for Indo-Pacific coral reef fishes

(2013) David Mouillot et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Mining of deep-sea seafloor massive sulfides: A review of the deposits, their benthic communities, impacts from mining, regulatory frameworks and management strategies

(2013) R.E. Boschen et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Global Biogeography of Reef Fishes: A Hierarchical Quantitative Delineation of Regions

(2013) Michel Kulbicki et al.   PLoS One

Faunal breaks and species composition of Indo-Pacific corals: the role of plate tectonics, environment and habitat distribution

(2013) S. A. Keith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Rare Species Support Vulnerable Functions in High-Diversity Ecosystems

(2013) David Mouillot et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

21 years of shelf life between discovery and description of new species

(2012) Benoît Fontaine et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Models and estimators linking individual-based and sample-based rarefaction, extrapolation and comparison of assemblages

(2012) R. K. Colwell et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

The challenge of small and rare species in marine biodiversity surveys: microgastropod diversity in a complex tropical coastal environment

(2011) P. G. Albano et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Deep-sea mud in the Pacific Ocean as a potential resource for rare-earth elements

(2011) Yasuhiro Kato et al.   Nature Geoscience

Seamounts: Deep-Ocean Laboratories of Faunal Connectivity, Evolution, and Endemism

(2011) Timothy Shank   OCEANOGRAPHY

Seamount Mineral Deposits: A Source of Rare Metals for High-Technology Industries

(2011) James Hein et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Genetic divergence and geographical variation in the deep-water Conus orbignyi complex (Mollusca: Conoidea)

(2011) Nicolas Puillandre et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Biological structures as a source of habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity on the deep ocean margins

(2010) Lene Buhl-Mortensen et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

The dynamics of biogeographic ranges in the deep sea

(2010) C. R. McClain et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Ecology of Seamounts: Structure, Function, and Human Impacts

(2009) Malcolm R. Clark et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Biogeography of the deep-sea galatheid squat lobsters of the Pacific Ocean

(2009) Enrique Macpherson et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

An inordinate fondness for turrids

(2009) Philippe Bouchet et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Subseafloor sedimentary life in the South Pacific Gyre

(2009) Steven D'Hondt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA