• A Blueprint for an Inclusive, Global Deep-Sea Ocean Decade Field Program 

      Howell, Kerry L.; Hilário, Ana; Allcock, A. Louise; Bailey, David M; Baker, Maria; Clark, Malcolm R.; Colaço, Ana; Copley, Jon; Cordes, Erik; Danovaro, Roberto; Dissanayake, Awantha; Escobar, Elva; Esquete, Patricia; Gallagher, Austin J; Gates, Andrew R.; Gaudron, Sylvie M.; German, Christopher R.; Gjerde, Kristina M; Higgs, Nicholas D.; Le Bris, Nadine; Levin, Lisa A.; Manea, Elisabetta; McClain, Craig; Menot, Lenaick; Mestre, Nélia C.; Metaxas, Anna; Milligan, Rosanna J; Muthumbi, Agnes WN; Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E.; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Ramirez-Llodra, Eva; Robson, Laura M; Rogers, Alex D.; Sellanes, Javier; Sigwart, Julia D.; Sink, Kerry; Snelgrove, Paul V. R.; Stefanoudis, Paris V.; Sumida, Paulo Y.; Taylor, Michelle L.; Thurber, Andrew R.; Vieira, Rui P; Watanabe, Hiromi K.; Woodall, Lucy C.; Xavier, Joana R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The ocean plays a crucial role in the functioning of the Earth System and in the provision of vital goods and services. The United Nations (UN) declared 2021–2030 as the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. ...
    • Clarification of the taxonomic status of Acanthochitona discrepans (Brown, 1827) with new data for the North-East Atlantic Acanthochitona (Polyplacophora, Acanthochitonidae) 

      Vončina, Katarzyna; Mikkelsen, Nina Therese; Morrow, Christine; Ang, Rory; Sigwart, Julia D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background The genus Acanthochitona can be easily distinguished from other chitons by having eighteen tufts of bristles on the dorsal side of the densely spiculose girdle. In the North-East Atlantic, five species of ...
    • Complex sublinear burrows in the deep sea may be constructed by amphipods 

      Brandt, Angelika; Chen, Chong; Tandberg, Anne Helene S.; Miguez-Salas, Olmo; Sigwart, Julia D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Trails, burrows, and other “life traces” in sediment provide important evidence for understanding ecology—both of the maker and of other users—and behavioral information often lacking in inaccessible ecosystems, such as ...
    • Heterogeneity on the abyssal plains: A case study in the Bering Sea 

      Sigwart, Julia D.; Brandt, Angelika; Di Franco, Davide; Escobar-Briones, Elva; Gerken, Sarah; Gooday, Andrew J.; Grimes, Candace J.; Gluchowska, Kamila; Hoffmann, Sven; Jazdzewska, Anna Maria; Kamyab, Elham; Kelch, Andreas; Knauber, Henry; Kohlenbach, Katharina; Miguez-Salas, Olmo; Moreau, Camille; Ogawa, Akito; Poliseno, Angelo; Santin Muriel, Andreu; Tandberg, Anne Helene Solberg; Theising, Franziska I; Walter, Thomas; Wölfl, Anne-Cathrin; Chen, Chong (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The abyssal plains are vast areas without large scale relief that occupy much of the ocean floor. Although long considered relatively featureless, they are now known to display substantial biological heterogeneity across ...