• The important role of sponges in carbon and nitrogen cycling in a deep-sea biological hotspot 

      Hanz, Ulrike; Riekenberg, Philip; de Kluijver, Anna; van der Meer, Marcel; Middelburg, Jack J.; de Goeij, Jasper M.; Bart, Martijn C.; Wurz, Erik; Colaço, Ana; Duineveld, Gerard C. A.; Reichart, Gert-Jan; Rapp, Hans Tore; Mienis, Furu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Deep-sea sponge grounds are hotspots of biodiversity, harbouring thriving ecosystems in the otherwise barren deep sea. It remains unknown how these sponge grounds survive in this food-limited environment. Here, we unravel ...
    • Long-term Observations Reveal Environmental Conditions and Food Supply Mechanisms at an Arctic Deep-Sea Sponge Ground 

      Hanz, Ulrike; Roberts, Emyr Martyn; Duineveld, Gerard; Davies, Andrew; van Haren, Hans; Rapp, Hans Tore; Reichart, Gert-Jan; Mienis, Furu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Deep-sea sponge grounds are hotspots of benthic biomass and diversity. To date, very limited data exist on the range of environmental conditions in areas containing deep-sea sponge grounds and which factors are driving ...
    • North Atlantic surface ocean warming and salinization in response to middle Eocene greenhouse warming 

      van der Ploeg, Robin; Cramwinckel, Margot J.; Kocken, Ilja J.; Leutert, Thomas Jan; Bohaty, Steven M.; Fokkema, Chris D.; Hull, Pincelli M.; Meckler, Anna Nele; Middelburg, Jack J.; Müller, Inigo A.; Penman, Donald E.; Peterse, Francien; Reichart, Gert-Jan; Sexton, Philip F.; Vahlenkamp, Maximilian; De Vleeschouwer, David; Wilson, Paul A.; Ziegler, Martin; Sluijs, Appy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Quantitative reconstructions of hydrological change during ancient greenhouse warming events provide valuable insight into warmer-than-modern hydrological cycles but are limited by paleoclimate proxy uncertainties. We ...