• Major fine-scale spatial heterogeneity in accumulation of gelatinous carbon fluxes on the deep seabed 

      Hoving, Henk-Jan; Boetius, Antje; Dunlop, Katherine Mary; Greinert, Jens; Haeckel, Matthias; Jones, Daniel O. B.; Simon-Lledó, Erik; Marcon, Yann; Stratmann, Tanja; Suck, Inken; Sweetman, Andrew Kvassnes; Purser, Autun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Abyssal plain communities rely on the overlying water column for a settling flux of organic matter. The origin and rate of this flux as well as the controls on its fine-scale spatial distribution following seafloor settlement ...
    • The quest for seafloor macrolitter: A critical review of background knowledge, current methods and future prospects 

      Canals, Miquel; Pham, Christopher K.; Bergmann, Melanie; Gutow, Lars; Hanke, Georg; Van Sebille, Erik; Angiolillo, Michela; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Cau, Alessando; Ioakeimidis, Christos; Kammann, Ulrike; Lundsten, Lonny; Papatheodorou, George; Purser, Autun; Sanchez-Vidal, Anna; Schulz, Marcus; Vinci, Matteo; Chiba, Sanae; Galgani, François; Langenkämper, Daniel; Möller, Tiia; Nattkemper, Tim W.; Ruiz, Marta; Suikkanen, Sanna; Woodall, Lucy C.; Fakiris, Elias; Molina Jack, Maria Eugenia; Giorgetti, Alessandra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The seafloor covers some 70% of the Earth's surface and has been recognised as a major sink for marine litter. Still, litter on the seafloor is the least investigated fraction of marine litter, which is not surprising as ...