Publications

10.5194/egusphere-2025-2180

Martin A.P., Brombacher A., Benoist N., Bett B.J., Durden J.M., Oliver S., Yool A. (2026) BORIS-2 – a benthic ecosystem model based on allometry. Geoscientific Model Development

10.1016/j.cub.2026.03.014

Glover A.G., Arias M.B., Bribiesca-Contreras G., Copley J.T., Dahlgren T.G., Drazen J.C., Drennan R., Ingels J., Jones D.O.B., O’Malley B.J., Rabone M., Stewart E.C.D. (2026) The environmental impacts of deep-sea mining. Current Biology

10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103728

Kaur H., Singh A., Jones D., Arbizu P.M., Singh R. (2026) Automated morphometric analysis and biomass estimation of marine nematodes using a conical frustum segmentation approach. Ecological Informatics

10.1038/s41598-026-39544-x

Van Audenhaege L., Jozée S., Annah R., Borremans C., Marcillat M., Soto Vega P.J., Cannat M., Marticorena J., Colaço A., Matabos M. (2026) The role of habitat mosaics on biological communities at hydrothermal vents and their periphery. Scientific Reports

10.1007/s10980-025-02283-x

Swanborn D.J.B., Simon-Lledó E., Thomas E., Thomas E., Bond T., McClain C., Metaxas A., Nester G., Niyazi Y., Bribiesca-Contreras G., Clavel-Henry M., Marchiò A., Montenegro J., Jamieson A. (2026) Deep ocean seascape ecology: gaps and pathways for application. Landscape Ecology

10.1007/s12526-025-01618-w

Bribiesca-Contreras G., Mackenzie M., Kremenetskaia A., Van Audenhaege L., Fleming B.F.M., Glover A.G., Simon-Lledó E., Jones D.O.B. (2026) Drifting in the abyss: an in-situ observation of swimming in Psychropotes (Psychropotidae, Elasipodida, Holothuroidea). Marine Biodiversity

10.1002/ecy.70257

Mejía-Saenz A., Fleming B.F.M., Jones D.O.B., Van Audenhaege L., Hoving H.J., Simon-Lledó E. (2025) Discovery of a mud-covering cephalopod evidences the complex life habits in the abyss. Ecology

10.5852/ejt.2025.1026.3105

Neal L., Drennan R., Wiklund H., Stewart E.C., Rabone M., Dahlgren T.G., Glover A.G. (2025) New species of Anguillosyllis Day, 1963 (Annelida, Syllidae) from polymetallic nodule exploration areas, eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean. European Journal of Taxonomy

10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf146

Bribiesca-Contreras L., Santodomingo N., Kitahara M.V., Simon-Lledó E., Fleming B.F.M., Dahlgren T.G., Jones D.O.B., Wiklund H., Glover A. (2025) Hidden gems of the abyss: first species of azooxanthellate scleractinian coral (Scleractinia: Deltocyathidae) attached to polymetallic nodules in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

10.1525/elementa.2024.00049

Fleming B.F.M., Simon-Lledó E., Benoist N., O’Malley B., Jones D.O.B. (2025) Influence of seabed heterogeneity on benthic megafaunal community patterns in abyssal nodule fields. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene

10.1016/j.dsr.2025.104453

Drennan R., Neal L., Wiklund H., Stewart E.C.D., Rabone M., Boolukos C., Clatworthy I., Jungmanova Z., Dahlgren T.G., Glover A.G. (2025) On Anguillosyllis cf. hessleri Maciolek, 2020 – A species complex from the Clarion-Clipperton zone, abyssal central Pacific. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

10.1038/s41586-025-08921-3

Jones D.O.B., Arias M.B., Van Audenhaege L., Blackbird S., Boolukos C., Bribiesca-Contreras G., Copley J.T., Dale A., Evans S., Fleming B.F.M., Gates A.R., Grant H., Hartl M.G.J., Huvenne V.A.I., Jeffreys R.M., Josso P., King L.D., Simon-Lledó E., Le Bas T., Norman L., O’Malley B., Peacock T., Shimmield T., Stewart E.C.D., Sweetman A.K., Wardell C., Aleynik D., Glover A.G. (2025) Long-term impact and biological recovery in a deep-sea mining track. Nature

10.1111/geb.13956

Simon-Lledó E., Baselga A., Gómez-Rodríguez C., Metaxas A., Amon D.J., Bribiesca-Contreras G., Durden J.M., Fleming B., Mejía-Saenz A., Taboada S., Van Audenhaege L., Jones D.O.B. (2025) Marked Variability in Distance-Decay Patterns Suggests Contrasting Dispersal Ability in Abyssal Taxa. Global Ecology and Biogeography

10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae102

Stewart E.C.D., Bribiesca-Contreras G., Weston J.N.J., Glover A.G., Horton T. (2024) Biogeography and phylogeny of the scavenging amphipod genus Valettietta (Amphipoda: Alicelloidea), with descriptions of two new species from the abyssal Pacific Ocean. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

10.1038/s41561-024-01480-8

Sweetman A.K., Smith A.J., de Jonge D.S.W., Hahn T., Schroedl P., Silverstein M., Andrade C., Edwards R.L., Lough A.J.M., Woulds C., Homoky W.B., Koschinsky A., Fuchs S., Kuhn T., Geiger F., Marlow J.J. (2024) Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor. Nature Geoscience

10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104298

Hartl M.G.J., Baumann L.M., Sweetman A.K. (2024) At-sea application of the comet assay to a deep-sea fish. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

10.3897/BDJ.11.e86921

Wiklund H., Rabone M., Glover A.G., Bribiesca-Contreras G., Drennan R., Stewart E.C.D., Boolukos C.M., King L.D., Sherlock E., Smith C.R., Dahlgren T.G., Neal L. (2023) Checklist of newly-vouchered annelid taxa from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean, based on morphology and genetic delimitation. Biodiversity Data Journal

10.1109/OCEANSLimerick52467.2023.10244498

Fairbairn .S, Hobáin E.Ó., Austin-Berry R., Furlong M., Goodwin R., Johnson A., Shepherd O., Roper D. (2023) Bathysnap IV - Development of a new time-lapse photography free-fall benthic lander. OCEANS 2023 - Limerick

10.3897/zookeys.1172.100483

Neal L., Abrahams E., Wiklund H., Rabone M., Bribiesca-Contreras G., Stewart E.C.D., Dahlgren T.G., Glover A.G. (2023) Taxonomy, phylogeny, and biodiversity of Lumbrineridae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Central Pacific Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Zookeys

10.1038/s41559-023-02122-9

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 TG., Glover A.G., Fleming B., Horton T., Ju S., Mejía-Saenz A., McQuaid K., Pape E., Park C., Smith C.R., Jones D.O.B. (2023). Carbonate compensation depth drives abyssal biogeography in the northeast Pacific. Nature Ecology Evolution

10.1007/s12526-023-01346-z

Uhlenkott K., Simon-Lledó E., Vink A., Arbizu P.M. (2023) Habitat heterogeneity enhances megafaunal biodiversity at bathymetric elevations in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone. Marine Biodiversity

10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.032

Washburn T.W., Simon-Lledó E., Soong G.Y., Suzuki A. (2023) Seamount mining test provides evidence of ecological impacts beyond deposition. Current Biology

10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.052

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

10.1093/database/baad013

Rabone M., Horton T., Jones D.O.B., Simon-Lledó E., 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

10.1111/ddi.13690

Stewart E.C.D., 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

10.3389/fmars.2022.994632

Bravo M.E., Brandt M.I., van der Grient J.M.A., Dahlgren T.G., Esquete P., Gollner S., Jones D.O.B., Levin L.A., McClain C.R., Narayanaswamy B.E., Sutton T., Victorero L., Cordes E.E. (2023) Insights from the management of offshore energy resources: Toward an ecosystem-services based management approach for deep-ocean industries. Frontiers in Marine Science.

10.1002/ecy.3898

Simon-Lledó E., Bett B.J.B., Benoist N.M.A., Hoving H.-J., Aleynik D., Horton T., Jones D.O.B. (2023) Mass falls of crustacean carcasses link surface waters and the deep seafloor. Ecology

10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105505

Hitchin B., Smith S., Kroger K., Jones D.O.B., Jaeckel A., Mestre N.C., Ardron J., Escobar E., van der Grient J., Amaro T. (2023) Thresholds in deep-seabed mining: A primer for their development. Marine Policy

10.1016/j.dsr.2023.103999

Mejía-Saenz A., Simon-Lledó E., Partridge L.S., Xavier J.R., Jones D.O.B. (2023) Rock outcrops enhance abyssal benthic biodiversity. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

10.1038/s41598-022-25240-z

Stratmann T., Simon-Lledó E., Morganti T.M., de Kluijver A., Vedenin A., Purser A. (2022) Habitat types and megabenthos composition from three sponge-dominated high-Arctic seamounts. Scientific reports

10.3897/zookeys.1137.86150

Neal L., Wiklund H., Gunton L.M., Rabone M., Bribiesca-Contreras G., Dahlgren T.G., Glover A.G. (2022) Abyssal fauna of polymetallic nodule exploration areas, eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Amphinomidae and Euphrosinidae (Annelida, Amphinomida). ZooKeys

10.1038/s41598-022-12323-0

Uhlenkott K., Simon-Lledó E., Vink A., Martínez Arbizu P. (2022) Investigating the benthic megafauna in the eastern Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (north-east Pacific) based on distribution models predicted with random forest. Scientific Reports

10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105011

Weaver P.P.E., Aguzzi J., Boschen-Rose R.E., Colaço A., de Stigter H., Gollner S., Haeckel M., Hauton C., Helmons R., Jones D.O.B., Lily H., Mestre N.C., Mohn C., Thomsen L. (2022) Assessing plume impacts caused by polymetallic nodule mining vehicles. Marine Policy

10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103719

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 carbon pump. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

10.3389/fmars.2021.797516

Smith C.R., Clark M.R., Goetze E., Glover A., Howell K.L. (2021) Editorial: Biodiversity, Connectivity and Ecosystem Function Across the Clarion-Clipperton Zone: A Regional Synthesis for an Area Targeted for Nodule Mining. Frontiers in Marine Science

10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102653

Jones D.O.B., Simon-Lledó E., Amon D.J., Bett B.J., Caulle C., Clément L., Connelly D.P., Dahlgren T.G., Durden J.M., Drazen J.C., Felden J., Gates A.R., Georgieva M.N., Glover A.G., Gooday A.J., Hollingsworth A.L., Horton T., James R.H., Jeffreys R.M., Laguionie-Marchais C., Leitner A.B., Lichtschlag A., Menendez A., Paterson G.L.J., Peel K., Robert K., Schoening T., Shulga N.A., Smith C.R., Taboada S., Thurnherr A.M., Wiklund H., Young C.R., Huvenne V.A.I. (2021) Environment, ecology, and potential effectiveness of an area protected from deep-sea mining (Clarion Clipperton Zone, abyssal Pacific). Progress in Oceanography

10.3389/fmars.2021.630616

Drazen J.C., Leitner A.B., Jones D.O.B., Simon-Lledó E. (2021) Regional Variation in Communities of Demersal Fishes and Scavengers Across the CCZ and Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science

10.3389/fmars.2021.705237

Bribiesca-Contreras G., Dahlgren T.G., Horton T., Drazen J.C., Drennan R., Jones D.O.B., Leitner A.B., McQuaid K.A., Smith C.R., Taboada S., Wiklund H., Glover A.G. (2021) Biogeography and Connectivity Across Habitat Types and Geographical Scales in Pacific Abyssal Scavenging Amphipods. Frontiers in Marine Science

10.3389/fmars.2021.663420

Hollingsworth A.L., Jones D.O.B., Young C.R. (2021) Spatial Variability of Abyssal Nitrifying Microbes in the North-Eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Frontiers in Marine Science