A review of megafauna diversity and abundance in an exploration area for polymetallic nodules in the eastern part of the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (North East Pacific), and implications for potential future deep-sea mining in this area

Assessing the availability of trace metals and rare earth elements in deep ocean waters of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, NE Pacific: Application of an in situ DGT passive sampling method

(2022) Katja Schmidt et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Investigating the benthic megafauna in the eastern Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (north-east Pacific) based on distribution models predicted with random forest

(2022) Katja Uhlenkott et al.   Scientific Reports

Recommendations for the Standardisation of Open Taxonomic Nomenclature for Image-Based Identifications

(2021) Tammy Horton et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Environmental Heterogeneity Throughout the Clarion-Clipperton Zone and the Potential Representativity of the APEI Network

(2021) Travis W. Washburn et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

The megafauna community from an abyssal area of interest for mining of polymetallic nodules

(2021) Bart De Smet et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Environment, ecology, and potential effectiveness of an area protected from deep-sea mining (Clarion Clipperton Zone, abyssal Pacific)

(2021) Daniel O.B. Jones et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Polymetallic nodules are essential for food-web integrity of a prospective deep-seabed mining area in Pacific abyssal plains

(2021) Tanja Stratmann et al.   Scientific Reports

Exploration of Polymetallic Nodules and Resource Assessment: A Case Study from the German Contract Area in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Tropical Northeast Pacific

(2021) Thomas Kuhn et al.   Minerals

Megafaunal Ecology of the Western Clarion Clipperton Zone

(2021) Jennifer M. Durden et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Numerical Simulation of Deep-Sea Sediment Transport Induced by a Dredge Experiment in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean

(2021) Kaveh Purkiani et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Regional Variation in Communities of Demersal Fishes and Scavengers Across the CCZ and Pacific Ocean

(2021) Jeffrey C. Drazen et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Restoration experiments in polymetallic nodule areas

(2021) Sabine Gollner et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Benthic megafauna assemblage change over three decades in the abyss: Variations from species to functional groups

(2020) Linda A. Kuhnz et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Rethinking megafauna

(2020) Marcos Moleón et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

(2020) Roberto Danovaro et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Predicting meiofauna abundance to define preservation and impact zones in a deep-sea mining context using random forest modelling

(2020) Katja Uhlenkott et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

A preliminary evaluation of some elements for designation of preservation and impact reference zones in deep sea in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone: A case study of the China ocean mineral resources association contract area

(2020) Huang Hao et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Multi-scale variations in invertebrate and fish megafauna in the mid-eastern Clarion Clipperton Zone

(2020) Erik Simon-Lledó et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Benthic and Demersal Scavenger Biodiversity in the Eastern End of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone – An Area Marked for Polymetallic Nodule Mining

(2020) Rob P. Harbour et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Reply to: Ecological variables for deep-ocean monitoring must include microbiota and meiofauna for effective conservation

(2020) Roberto Danovaro et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Ecological variables for deep-ocean monitoring must include microbiota and meiofauna for effective conservation

(2020) Jeroen Ingels et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Using Habitat Classification to Assess Representativity of a Protected Area Network in a Large, Data-Poor Area Targeted for Deep-Sea Mining

(2020) Kirsty A. McQuaid et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

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

(2019) Erik Simon‐Lledó et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Biological effects 26 years after simulated deep-sea mining

(2019) Erik Simon-Lledó et al.   Scientific Reports

Biogeography and population structure of predominant macrofaunal taxa (Annelida and Isopoda) in abyssal polymetallic nodule fields: implications for conservation and management

(2019) Annika Janssen et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Dark Ophiuroid Biodiversity in a Prospective Abyssal Mine Field

(2019) Magdalini Christodoulou et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

First insights into the phylogeny of deep-sea glass sponges (Hexactinellida) from polymetallic nodule fields in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), northeastern Pacific

(2018) Daniel Kersken et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Recovery of Holothuroidea population density, community composition, and respiration activity after a deep-sea disturbance experiment

(2018) Tanja Stratmann et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Mind the seafloor

(2018) Antje Boetius et al.   SCIENCE

Deep-sea glass sponges (Hexactinellida) from polymetallic nodule fields in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), northeastern Pacific: Part II—Hexasterophora

(2018) Daniel Kersken et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Predictive models using randomForest regression for distribution patterns of meiofauna in Icelandic waters

(2018) Alexandra Ostmann et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Natural spatial variability of depositional conditions, biogeochemical processes and element fluxes in sediments of the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean

(2018) Jessica B. Volz et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

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

Megafaunal variation in the abyssal landscape of the Clarion Clipperton Zone

(2018) Erik Simon-Lledó et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities

(2017) Sabine Gollner et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Deep-sea glass sponges (Hexactinellida) from polymetallic nodule fields in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), northeastern Pacific: Part I – Amphidiscophora

(2017) Daniel Kersken et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Biological responses to disturbance from simulated deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining

(2017) Daniel O. B. Jones et al.   PLoS One

Association of deep-sea incirrate octopods with manganese crusts and nodule fields in the Pacific Ocean

(2016) Autun Purser et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

An evaluation of deep-sea benthic megafauna length measurements obtained with laser and stereo camera methods

(2015) Katherine M. Dunlop et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

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

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

Deep-sea nematode assemblage has not recovered 26 years after experimental mining of polymetallic nodules (Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, Tropical Eastern Pacific)

(2011) Dmitry M. Miljutin et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Man and the Last Great Wilderness: Human Impact on the Deep Sea

(2011) Eva Ramirez-Llodra et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Abyssal food limitation, ecosystem structure and climate change

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