Larval assemblages over the abyssal plain in the Pacific are highly diverse and spatially patchy

Ecology of a polymetallic nodule occurrence gradient: Implications for deep‐sea mining

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Evaluation of marine zooplankton community structure through environmental DNA metabarcoding

(2018) Anni Djurhuus et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS

Key role of bacteria in the short-term cycling of carbon at the abyssal seafloor in a low particulate organic carbon flux region of the eastern Pacific Ocean

(2018) Andrew K. Sweetman et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Implications of population connectivity studies for the design of marine protected areas in the deep sea: An example of a demosponge from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone

(2018) Sergi Taboada et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Managing a sustainable deep-sea ‘blue economy’ requires knowledge of what actually lives there

(2018) Adrian G Glover et al.   eLife

Vertical gradients in species richness and community composition across the twilight zone in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

(2017) Stephanie A. Sommer et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genetic monitoring of open ocean biodiversity: An evaluation of DNA metabarcoding for processing continuous plankton recorder samples

(2017) Bruce E. Deagle et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Abyssal fauna of the UK-1 polymetallic nodule exploration area, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Mollusca

(2017) Helena Wiklund et al.   ZooKeys

Editorial: Biodiversity of the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone

(2017) Stefanie Kaiser et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Metazoan mitochondrial gene sequence reference datasets for taxonomic assignment of environmental samples

(2017) Ryuji J. Machida et al.   Scientific Data

Novel benthic foraminifera are abundant and diverse in an area of the abyssal equatorial Pacific licensed for polymetallic nodule exploration

(2017) Aurélie Goineau et al.   Scientific Reports

Metabarcoding of marine zooplankton: prospects, progress and pitfalls

(2016) Ann Bucklin et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

A synthesis of genetic connectivity in deep-sea fauna and implications for marine reserve design

(2016) Amy R. Baco et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Interactive tree of life (iTOL) v3: an online tool for the display and annotation of phylogenetic and other trees

(2016) Ivica Letunic et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Two new species of the deep-sea genus Parameiropsis (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the eastern central Pacific

(2016) DAE HYUN CHO et al.   ZOOTAXA

Observations of organic falls from the abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean

(2016) Diva J. Amon et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Macrofauna abundance, species diversity and turnover at three sites in the Clipperton-Clarion Fracture Zone

(2016) George D. F. Wilson   Marine Biodiversity

Polymetallic nodules, sediments, and deep waters in the equatorial North Pacific exhibit highly diverse and distinct bacterial, archaeal, and microeukaryotic communities

(2016) Christine N. Shulse et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

VSEARCH: a versatile open source tool for metagenomics

(2016) Torbjørn Rognes et al.   PeerJ

Threatened by mining, polymetallic nodules are required to preserve abyssal epifauna

(2016) Ann Vanreusel et al.   Scientific Reports

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

Whale-Fall Ecosystems: Recent Insights into Ecology, Paleoecology, and Evolution

(2015) Craig R. Smith et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Diet of Worms Emended: An Update of Polychaete Feeding Guilds

(2015) Peter A. Jumars et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

InteractiVenn: a web-based tool for the analysis of sets through Venn diagrams

(2015) Henry Heberle et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

A Reverse Taxonomic Approach to Assess Macrofaunal Distribution Patterns in Abyssal Pacific Polymetallic Nodule Fields

(2015) Annika Janssen et al.   PLoS One

DNA barcoding and metabarcoding of standardized samples reveal patterns of marine benthic diversity

(2015) Matthieu Leray et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Abyssal hills – hidden source of increased habitat heterogeneity, benthic megafaunal biomass and diversity in the deep sea

(2015) Jennifer M. Durden et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Managing mining of the deep seabed

(2015) L. M. Wedding et al.   SCIENCE

DNA metabarcoding and the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I marker: not a perfect match

(2014) B. E. Deagle et al.   Biology Letters

Geomorphology of the oceans

(2014) P.T. Harris et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Development of a Dual-Index Sequencing Strategy and Curation Pipeline for Analyzing Amplicon Sequence Data on the MiSeq Illumina Sequencing Platform

(2013) James J. Kozich et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

PEAR: a fast and accurate Illumina Paired-End reAd mergeR

(2013) J. Zhang et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Active positioning of vent larvae at a mid-ocean ridge

(2013) L.S. Mullineaux et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

A new versatile primer set targeting a short fragment of the mitochondrial COI region for metabarcoding metazoan diversity: application for characterizing coral reef fish gut contents

(2013) Matthieu Leray et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Measuring copepod naupliar abundance in a subtropical bay using quantitative PCR

(2013) Michelle J. Jungbluth et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Persistent effects of disturbance on larval patterns in the plankton after an eruption on the East Pacific Rise

(2013) SW Mills et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Quantifying sequence proportions in a DNA-based diet study using Ion Torrent amplicon sequencing: which counts count?

(2013) Bruce E. Deagle et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

The SILVA and “All-species Living Tree Project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks

(2013) Pelin Yilmaz et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Next Generation Sequencing Reveals the Hidden Diversity of Zooplankton Assemblages

(2013) Penelope K. Lindeque et al.   PLoS One

From principles to practice: a spatial approach to systematic conservation planning in the deep sea

(2013) L. M. Wedding et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dispersal of Deep-Sea Larvae from the Intra-American Seas: Simulations of Trajectories using Ocean Models

(2012) C. M. Young et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

(2012) Christian Quast et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Larval Dispersal: Vent Life in the Water Column

(2012) Diane Adams et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Deep-ocean mineral deposits as a source of critical metals for high- and green-technology applications: Comparison with land-based resources

(2012) James R. Hein et al.   ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS

PCR Primers for Metazoan Nuclear 18S and 28S Ribosomal DNA Sequences

(2012) Ryuji J. Machida et al.   PLoS One

Detecting the Influence of Initial Pioneers on Succession at Deep-Sea Vents

(2012) Lauren S. Mullineaux et al.   PLoS One

Comparison of a sediment trap and plankton pump for time-series sampling of larvae near deep-sea hydrothermal vents

(2011) Stace E. Beaulieu et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS

Spatial patterns of larval abundance at hydrothermal vents on seamounts: evidence for recruitment limitation

(2011) A Metaxas   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

MACSE: Multiple Alignment of Coding SEquences Accounting for Frameshifts and Stop Codons

(2011) Vincent Ranwez et al.   PLoS One

Genetic diversity and connectivity of deep-sea hydrothermal vent metapopulations

(2010) ROBERT C. VRIJENHOEK   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Larvae from afar colonize deep-sea hydrothermal vents after a catastrophic eruption

(2010) Lauren S. Mullineaux et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The dynamics of biogeographic ranges in the deep sea

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

Second-generation environmental sequencing unmasks marine metazoan biodiversity

(2010) Vera G. Fonseca et al.   Nature Communications

Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities

(2009) P. D. Schloss et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Larval Dispersal and Marine Population Connectivity

(2008) Robert K. Cowen et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Statistical Assignment of DNA Sequences Using Bayesian Phylogenetics

(2008) Kasper Munch et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Abyssal food limitation, ecosystem structure and climate change

(2008) C SMITH et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION