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2025
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2024
Ali, W., Kirichek, A., Chassagne, C. (2024). Flocculation of deep-sea clay from the Clarion Clipperton fracture zone. Applied Ocean Research 150, 104099, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2024.104099.
Bonifácio, P., Kaiser, S., Washburn, T.W., Smith, C.R., Vink, A., Martínez Arbizu, P. (2024). Biodiversity of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone: A worm perspective. Marine Biodiversity 54, 5, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-023-01396-3.
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Cuvelier, D., Zurowietz, M., Nattkemper, T. (2024). Deep learning–assisted biodiversity assessment in deep-sea benthic megafauna communities: a case study in the context of polymetallic nodule mining. Frontiers in Marine Science 11, 1366078, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1366078.
El Mousadik, S., Ouillon, R., Muñoz-Royo, C., Slade, W., Pottsmith, C., Leeuw, T., Alford, M.H., Mikkelsen, O.A., Peacock, T. (2024). In situ optical measurement of particles in sediment plumes generated by a pre-prototype polymetallic nodule collector. Scientific Reports 14, 23894, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-72991-y.
Gilbert, N. (2024). Complex deep-sea expeditions try to size up seabed mining impacts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(15), e2404667121, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2404667121.
Błażewicz, M., Jakiel, A., Bird, G. J., Studzian, M. (2024). Integrative taxonomy supports the establishment of a new deep-sea family of Tanaidacea (Peracarida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlae013.
Kaiser, S., Bonifácio, P., Kihara, T.C., Menot, L., Vink, A., Wessels, A.-K., Martinez Arbizu, P. (2024). Effects of environmental and climatic drivers on abyssal macrobenthic infaunal communities from the NE Pacific nodule province. Marine Biodiversity 54, 35, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-024-01427-7.
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Paul, S.A., Schmidt, K., Achterberg, E.P., Koschinsky, A. (2024). The importance of the soluble and colloidal pools for trace metal cycling in deep-sea pore waters. Frontiers Marine Science 11, 1339772, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1339772.
Rühlemann, C., Purkiani, K. (2024). Atmospheric and Oceanographic Characteristics of the BGR Exploration Area for Polymetallic Nodules in the Northeastern Tropical Pacific Ocean and Model Simulations of Dredge-Induced Suspended Sediment Transport. In: Deep-Sea Mining and the Water Column: Advances, Monitoring and Related Issues (Ed. R. Sharma). Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 297-333.
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2023
Chen, S. Y. S., Ouillon, R., Muñoz-Royo, C., Peacock, T. (2023). Oceanic bottom mixed layer in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone: potential influence on deep-seabed mining plume dispersal. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 23 (3), 579-602, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-023-09920-6.
Eichsteller, A., Martynov, A., O’Hara, T.D., Christodoulou, M., Korshunova, T., Bribiesca-Contreras, G., Martinez Arbizu, P. (2023a). Ophiotholia (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): A little-known deep-sea genus present in polymetallic nodule fields with the description of a new species. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1056282, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1056282.
Eichsteller, A., Martynov, A., O'Hara, T., Christodoulou, M., Korshunova, T., Bribiesca-Contreras, G., Martinez Arbizu, P. (2023b). Corrigendum: Ophiotholia (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): a little-known deep-sea genus present in polymetallic nodule fields with the description of a new species. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1231744, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1231744.
Fritz, B., Heidak, P., Vasters, J. Kuhn, T., Franken, G. & Schmidt, M. (2023). Life cycle impact on climate change caused by metal production from deep sea manganese nodules versus land-based deposits. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 193, 106976, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.106976.
Gooday, A. J., Wawrzyniak-Wydrowska, B. (2023). Macrofauna-sized foraminifera in epibenthic sledge samples from five areas in the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone (equatorial Pacific). Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 1059616, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1059616.
Himmighofen, O. E., Holzmann, M., Barrenechea-Angeles, I., Pawlowski, J., Gooday, A. J. (2023). An integrative taxonomic survey of benthic foraminiferal species (Protista, Rhizaria) from the Eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11 (11), 2038, https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11112038.
Kaiser, S., Christodoulou, M., Janssen, A., Kihara, T.C., Mohrbeck, I., Pasotti, F., Schnurr, S., Vink, A., Martinez Arbizu, P. (2023). Diversity, distribution and composition of abyssal benthic Isopoda in a region proposed for deep-seafloor mining of polymetallic nodules: a synthesis. Marine Biodiversity 53 (30), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-023-01335-2.
Vasters, J., Kuhn, T. (2023). Vergleich der Nickelerzeugung aus terrestrischen Lagerstätten mit der möglichen Produktion aus Manganknollen bezüglich der CO2-Intensität. World of Metallurgy - ERZMETALL 76(3), 184-197.
Lefaible, N., Macheriotou, L., Purkiani, K., Haeckel, M., Zeppilli, D., Pape, E., Vanreusel, A. (2023). Digging deep: lessons learned from meiofaunal responses to a disturbance experiment in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Marine Biodiversity 53 (48), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-023-01353-0.
Mbani, B., Greinert, J. (2023). Analysis-ready optical underwater images of Manganese-nodule covered seafloor of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Scientific Data, 10, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02245-5.
Mbani, B., Buck, V., Greinert, J. (2023). An automated image-based workflow for detecting megabenthic fauna in optical images with examples from the Clarion–Clipperton Zone. Scientific Reports 13, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35518-5.
Rabone, M., Horton, T., Jones, D.O.B., Simon-Lledo, Glover, A.G. (2023). A review of the International Seabed Authority database DeepData from a biological perspective: challenges and opportunities in the UN Ocean Decade. Database, 2023, 1-17, https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baad013.
Rabone, M., Wiethase, J.H., Simon-Lledo, E., Emery, A.M., Jones, D.O.B., Dahlgren, T.G., Bribiesca-Contreras, G., Wiklund, H., Horton, T., Glover, A.G. (2023). How many metazoan species live in the world’s largest mineral exploration region? Current Biology, 33, 2383-2396, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.052.
Simon-Lledó, E., Amon, D.J., Bribiesca‐Contreras, G., Cuvelier, D., Durden, J.M., Ramalho, S.P., Uhlenkott, K., Martinez Arbizu, P., Benoist, N., Copley, J., Dahlgren, T.G. Glover, A.G., Fleming, B., Horton, T., Ju, S.-J., Mejía-Saenz, A., McQuaid, K., Pape, E., Park, P., Smith, C.R., Jones, D. O. (2023). Carbonate compensation depth drives abyssal biogeography in the northeast Pacific. Nature ecology & evolution, 7(9), 1388-1397, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02122-9.
Stewart, E.C., Bribiesca‐Contreras, G., Taboada, S., Wiklund, H., Ravara, A., Pape, E., De Smet, B., Neal, L., Cunha, M.R., Jones D.O.B., Smith, C.R., Glover, A.G., Dahlgren, T.G. (2023). Biodiversity, biogeography, and connectivity of polychaetes in the world's largest marine minerals exploration frontier. Diversity and Distributions, https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13690.
Uhlenkott, K., Meyn, K., Vink, A., Martínez Arbizu, P. (2023). A review of Megafauna diversity and abundance in an exploration area for polymetallic nodules in the eastern part of the Clarion Clipperton Zone (North East Pacific), and implications for potential future deep-sea mining in this area. Marine Biodiversity 53 (22), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01326-9.
Uhlenkott, K., Simon-Lledó, E., Vink, A., Martínez Arbizu, P. (2023). Habitat heterogeneity enhances megafaunal biodiversity at bathymetric elevations in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone. Marine Biodiversity 53, (55), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-023-01346-z.
Vanreusel, A., Arbizu, P.M., Yasuhara, M. (2023). Marine Meiofauna Diversity and Biogeography —Paradigms and Challenges. In: Giere, O., Schratzberger, M. (eds) New Horizons in Meiobenthos Research. Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-21622-0_5.
Volz, J.B. Geibert, W., Köhler, D., Rutgers van der Loeff, M.M., Kasten, S. (2023). Alpha radiation from polymetallic nodules and potential health risks from deep‑sea mining. Scientific Report 13, 7985, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33971-w.
2022
Christodoulou, M., de Grave, S., Vink, A., Martinez Arbizu, P. (2022). Taxonomic assessment of deep-sea decapod crustaceans collected from polymetallic nodule fields of the East Pacific Ocean using an integrative approach. Marine Biodiversity 52, 61, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01284-2
Haalboom, S., Schoening, T., Urban, P., Gazis, I.-Z., de Stigter, H., Gillard, B., Baeye, M., Hollstein, M., Purkiani, K., Reichart, G.-J., Thomsen, L., Haeckel, M., Vink, A., Greinert, J. (2022). Monitoring of Anthropogenic Sediment Plumes in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, NE Equatorial Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science 9, 882155, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.882155
Hoving, H-J.T., Amon, D., Bodur, Y., Haeckel, M., Jones, D.O.B., Neitzel, P., Simon-lledó, E., Smith, C.R., Stauffer, J.B., Sweetman, A.K., Purser, A. (2022). The abyssal voyage of the argonauts: Deep-sea in situ observations reveal the contribution of cephalopod egg cases to the (in)organic carbon pump. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 183, 103719, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103719
Mbani, B., Schoening, T., Gazis, I.Z., Koch, R., Greinert, J. (2022). Implementation of an automated workflow for image-based seafloor classification with examples from manganese-nodule covered seabed areas in the Central Pacific Ocean. Scientific Reports 12(1), 1-20, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19070-2.
Purkiani, K., Haeckel, M., Haalboom, S., Schmidt, K., Urban, P., Gazis, I., de Stigter, H., Paul, A., Walter, M., Vink, A. (2022). Impact of a long-lived anticyclonic mesoscale eddy on seawater anomalies in the northeastern tropical Pacific Ocean: a composite analysis from hydrographic measurements, sea level altimetry data, and reanalysis model products. Ocean Science 18, 1163-1181, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1163-2022
Quintanilla, E., Rodrigues, C. F., Henriques, I., Hilário, A. (2022). Microbial Associations of Abyssal Gorgonians and Anemones (> 4,000 m Depth) at the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone. Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 828469, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.828469.
Rossel, S. Uhlenkott, K., Peters, J., Vink, A., Martínez Arbizu, P. (2022). Evaluating species richness using proteomic fingerprinting and DNA barcoding – a case study on meiobenthic copepods from the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone. Marine Biodiversity 52, 67, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01307-y
Sánchez, N., González-Casarrubios, A., Cepeda, D., Khodami, S., Pardos, F., Vink, A., Martínez Arbizu, P. (2022). Diversity and distribution of Kinorhyncha in abyssal polymetallic nodule areas of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone and the Peru Basin, East Pacific Ocean, with the description of three new species and notes on their intraspecific variation. Marine Biodiversity 52, 52, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01279-z
Schmidt, K., Paul, S.A., Achterberg, E.P. (2022). 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. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 116657, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2022.116657.
Stępień, A., Jóźwiak, P., Jakiel, A., Pełczyńska, A., & Błażewicz, M. (2022). Diversity of Pacific Agathotanais (Peracarida: Tanaidacea). Frontiers in Marine Science 8, 741536, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.741536.
Thiel, R., Christodoulou, M., Pogonoski, J., Appleyard, S.A., Weddehage, T., Vink, A., Uhlenkott, K., Martinez Arbizu, P. (2022). An application of morphological analysis and DNA barcoding to identify Ipnops from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) as I. meadi Nielsen, 1966 with notes on other species of the genus (Aulopiformes: Ipnopidae). Marine Biodiversity 52, 68, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01320-1.
Uhlenkott, K., Simon-Lledó, E., Vink, A., Martínez Arbizu, P. (2022). Investigating the benthic megafauna in the eastern Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (NE Pacific) based on distribution models predicted with random forest. Scientific Reports 12, 8229, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12323-0.
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2021
Gollner, S., Haeckel, M., Janssen, F., Lefaible, N., Molari, M., Papadopoulo, S., Reichart, G.-J., Alexandre, J.T., Vink, A., Vanreusel, A. (2021). Restoration experiments in polymetallic nodule areas. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4541
Jażdżewska, A.M., Brandt, A., Martínez Arbizu, P., Vink, A. (2021). Exploring the diversity of the deep sea — four new species of the amphipod genus Oedicerina described using morphological and molecular methods. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1-45, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab032
Kuhn, T., Rühlemann, C. (2021). 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. Minerals 11, 618, https://doi.org/10.3390/min11060618
Purkiani, K., Gillard, B., Paul, A., Haeckel, M., Haalboom, S., Greinert, J., De Stigter, H., Hollstein, M., Baeye, M., Vink, A., Thomsen L., Schulz, M. (2021). Numerical simulation of deep-sea sediment transport induced by a dredge experiment in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Front. Mar. Sci. 8, 719463, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.719463
Uhlenkott, K., Vink, A., Kuhn, T., Gillard, B., Martinez-Arbizu, P. (2021). Meiofauna in a Potential Deep-Sea Mining Area - Influence of Temporal and Spatial Variability on Small-Scale Abundance Models. Diversity 13, 3, https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d13010003
Versteegh, G.J.M., Koschinsky, A., Kuhn, T., Preuss, I., Kasten, S. (2021). Geochemical consequences of oxygen diffusion from the oceanic crust into overlying sediments and its significance for biogeochemical cycles based on sediments of the northeast Pacific. Biogeosciences 18, 4965-4984, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4965-2021.
2020
Christiansen, S., Ginzky, H., Houghton, C., Vink, A. (2020). Environmental governance of deep seabed mining – Scientific insights and food for thought. Marine Policy 114, 103827, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103827.
Christodoulou, M., O'Hara, T., Hugall, A., Khodami, S., Rodrigues, C., Hilario, A., Vink, A., Martinez Arbizu, P. (2020). Unexpected high abyssal ophiuroid diversity in polymetallic nodule fields of the Northeast Pacific Ocean, and implications for conservation. In: Assessing environmental impacts of deep-sea mining – revisiting decade-old benthic disturbances in Pacific nodule areas. Biogeosciences 17, 1845-1876, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2019-360
Haeckel, M., Vink, A., Janssen, F., Kasten, S. (2020). Chapter 16: Environmental impacts of deep-sea mining. In: New Knowledge and Changing Circumstances in the Law of the Sea (Ed. Heidar, T.), Part 6: Deep Seabed Mineral Resources and the Marine Environment. Brill / Nijhoff,15 pp.
Harbour, R.P., Leitner, A.B., Ruehlemann, C., Vink, A., Sweetman, A.K. (2020). Benthic and Demersal Scavenger Biodiversity in the Eastern End of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone – An Area Marked for Polymetallic Nodule Mining. Frontiers in Marine Science 7, Article 458, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00458
Hein, J.R., Koschinsky, A. & Kuhn, T (2020). Deep-ocean polymetallic nodules as a resource for critical materials. Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. 1, 158-169. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-020-0027-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0027-0
Keber, S., Brückner, L., Elwert, T., Kuhn, T. (2020). Concept for a Hydrometallurgical Processing of a Copper‐Cobalt‐Nickel Alloy Made from Manganese Nodules. Chemie Ingenieur Technik 92(4), 379-386, https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.201900125.
Koschinsky, A., Hein, J.R., Kraemer, D., Foster, A.L., Kuhn, T., Halbach, P. (2020). Platinum enrichment and phase associations in marine ferromanganese crusts and nodules based on a multi-method approach. Chemical Geology, 539, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119426
Kuhn, T., Uhlenkott, K., Vink, A., Rühlemann, C., Martínez Arbizu, P. (2020). Manganese nodule fields from the Northeast Pacific as benthic habitats. In: P. T. Harris, E. Baker (Eds.), Seafloor geomor-phology as benthic habitat: GeoHab Atlas of seafloor geomorphic fea-tures and benthic habitats (2nd ed., pp. 933–947). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2664.13621
Purkiani, K., Paul, A., Vink, A., Walter, M., Schulz, M., Haeckel, M. (2020). Evidence of eddy-related deep ocean current variability in the North-East Tropical Pacific Ocean induced by remote gap winds. Biogeosciences 17, 6527–6544, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6527-2020.
Watzel, R., Rühlemann, C., Vink, A. (2020). Mining mineral resources from the seabed: Opportunities and challenges. Marine Policy 114, 103828, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103828
Wegorzewski, A.V., Grangeon, S., Webb, S.M., Heller, C., Kuhn, T. (2020). Mineralogical transformations in polymetallic nodules and the change of Ni, Cu and Co crystal-chemistry upon burial in sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 282, 19-37, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.04.012
2019
Gillard, B., Purkiani, K., Chatzievangelou, D., Vink, A., Iversen, M., Thomsen, L. (2019). Physical and hydrodynamic properties of deep sea mining-generated, abyssal sediment plumes in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (eastern-central Pacific), Elementa, 7. doi: 10.1525/elementa.343. https://www.elementascience.org/article/10.1525/elementa.343/
Janssen, A., Stuckas, H., Vink, A., P. Martinez Arbizu (2019). Biogeography and population structure of predominant macrofaunal taxa (Annelida and Isopoda) in abyssal polymetallic nodule fields: implications for conservation and management. Mar. Biodivers. 49, 2641–2658. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-019-00997-1
Heller, C., Kuhn, T., Versteegh, G. J., Wegorzewski, A. V., & Kasten, S. (2018). The geochemical behavior of metals during early diagenetic alteration of buried manganese nodules. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 142, 16-33. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063718301596?via%3Dihub
Sommerfeld, M., Friedmann, D., Kuhn, T., & Friedrich, B. (2018). “Zero-Waste”: A Sustainable Approach on Pyrometallurgical Processing of Manganese Nodule Slags. Minerals, 8, 544. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/8/12/544
Wegorzewski, A., Köpcke, M., Kuhn, T., Sitnikova, M., & Wotruba, H. (2018). Thermal Pre-Treatment of Polymetallic Nodules to Create Metal (Ni, Cu, Co)-Rich Individual Particles for Further Processing. Minerals, 8, 523. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/8/11/523
2017
Aleynik, D., Inall, M., Dale, A., Vink, A. (2017). Impact of remotely generated eddies on plume dispersion at abyssal mining sites in the Pacific. Scientific Reports 7, 16959. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16912-2. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-16912-2
Gollner, S., Kaiser, S., Menzel, L., Jones, D.O.B., Brown, A., Mestre, N.C., van Oevelen, D., Menot, L., Colaco, A., Canals, M., Cuvelier, D., Durden, J.M., Gebruk, A., Egho, G.A., Haeckel, M., Marcon, Y., Mevenkamp, L., Morato, T., Pham, C.K., Purser, A., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Vanreusel, A., Vink, A., Martinez Arbizu, P. (2017). Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities. Marine Environmental Research 129, 76-101. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0141113617302441
Jones, D.O.B., Kaiser, S., Sweetman, A.K., Smith, C.R., Menot, L., Vink, A., Trueblood, D., Greinert, J., Billett, D.S.M., Arbizu, P.M., Radziejewska, T., Singh, R., Ingole, B., Stratmann, T., Simon-Lledó, E., Durden, J.M., Clark, M.R. (2017). Biological responses to disturbance from simulated deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining. PloS One 12 (2), e0171750, 10.1371/journal.pone.0171750 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article%3Fid%3D10.1371/journal.pone.0171750
Knobloch, A., Kuhn, T., Rühlemann, C., Hertweg, T., Zeissler, K.-O., Noack, S. (2017). Predictive mapping of the nodule abundance and mineral resource estimation in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone using artificial neural networks and classical geostatistical methods. In: R. Sharma (Ed.): Deep-Sea Mining: Resource Potential, Technical and Environmental Considerations. Springer International, Cham, pp. 189 – 212. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-52557-0_6
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