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  1. Adam, N. and Perner, M. (2018): Novel hydrogenases from deep-sea hydrothermal vent metagenomes identified by a recently developed activity-based screen. ISME Journal 12: 1225-1236. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-017-0040-6] => M78/2
  2. Ahyong, S.T. (2014): Deep-sea squat lobsters of the Munidopsis serricronis complex in the Indo-West Pacific, with description of six new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Munidopsidae). Records of the Australian Museum 66 (3): 197-216. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.66.2014.1630]
  3. Amon, D.J., Copley, J.T., Dahlgren, T.G., Horton, T., Kemp, K.M., Rogers, A.D. and Glover, A G. (2017): Observations of fauna attending wood and bone deployments from two seamounts on the Southwest Indian Ridge. Deep Sea Research II 136: 122-132. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.07.003] => JC066
  4. Amon, D.J, Hilário, A., Martínez Arbizu, P. and Smith, C.R. (2017): Observations of organic falls from the abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. Marine Biodiversity 47: 311-321. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0572-4] => SO239
  5. Anderson, M.O., Hannington, M.D., Haase, K., Schwarz-Schampera, U. and McConachy, T.F. (2015): Geological control on hydrothermal venting at the Nifonea Volcano, Vate Trough, Vanuatu. Mineral resources in a sustainable world. 13th Bienneal meeting SGA: 1215–1218. [doi?] => SO229
  6. Anderson, M.O., Hannington, M.D., Haase, K., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Augustin, N., McConachy, T.F. and Allen, K. (2016): Tectonic focusing of voluminous basaltic eruptions in magma-deficient backarc rifts. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 440: 43-55. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.02.002] => SO229
  7. Baeye, M., Purkani, K., de Stigter, J., Gillard, B., Fettweis, M. and Greinert, J. (2022): Tidally Driven Dispersion of a Deep-Sea Sediment Plume Originating from Seafloor Disturbance in the DISCOL Area (SE-Pacific Ocean). geosciences 12: 8. [https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12010008] => SO242-2
  8. Bau, M., Balan, S., Schmidt, K. and Koschinsky, A. (2010): Rare earth elements in mussel shells of the Mytilidae family as tracers for hidden and fossil high-temperature hydrothermal systems. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 299: 310-316. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.011] => ATA-2, M78/2
  9. Beier, C., Brandl, P. A., Lima, S. M. and Haase, K. M. (2018): Tectonic control on the genesis of magmas in the New Hebrides arc (Vanuatu). Lithos 312-313: 290-307. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2018.05.011] =>  SO229
  10. Böhnke, S. and Perner, M. (2015): A function-based screen for seeking RubisCO active clones from metagenomes: novel enzymes influencing RubisCO activity. ISME Journal 9 (3): 735-745. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2014.163] => M78/2
  11. Böhnke, S. and Perner, M. (2019): Seeking active RubisCO from the currently uncultured microbial majority colonizing deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments. The ISME Journal 13: 2475-2488. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0439-3]
  12. Boetius, A. and Haeckel, M. (2018): Mind the seafloor. Research and regulations must be integrated to protect seafloor biota from future mining impacts. Science 359 (6371): 343-36. [no doi] => SO239, SO242-2
  13. Bonifácio, P.  and Menot, L. (2019): New genera and species from the Equatorial Pacific provide phylogenetic insights into deep-sea Polynoidae (Annelida). Zoologial Journal of the Linnean Society 185: 555-635. [https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly063] => SO239
  14. Bonifácio, P., Neal, L. and Menot, L. (2021): Diversity of Deep-Sea Scale-Worms (Annelida, Polynoidae) in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 656899. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.656899] => SO239
  15. Breusing, C., Biastoch, A., Drews, A., Metaxas, A., Jollivet, D., Vrijenhoek, R.C., Bayer, T., Melzner, F., Sayavedra, L., Petersen, J.M., Dubilier, N., Schilhabel, M.B., Philip Rosenstiel, P. and Reusch, T. B.H. (2016): Biophysical and Population Genetic Models Predict the Presence of “Phantom” Stepping Stones Connecting Mid-Atlantic Ridge Vent Ecosystems. Current Biology 26: 2257-2267. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.062] => ATA-2, M78-2
  16. Brix, S., Kaiser, S., Lörz, A.-N., Lea Saout, M., Schumacher, M., Bonk, F., Egilsdottir, H., Olafsdottir, S.H., Tandberg, A.H.S., Taylor, J., Tewes, S., Xavier, J.R. and Linse K. (2022): Habitat variability and faunal zonation at the Ægir Ridge, a canyon-like Structure in the deep Norwegian Sea. PeerJ 10: e13394 [http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13394] => SO276
  17. Brown, A., Wright, R., Mevenkamp, L. and Hauton, C. (2017): A comparative experimental approach to ecotoxicology in shallow-water and deep-sea holothurians suggests similar behavioural responses. Aquatic Toxicology 191: 10-16. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2017.06.028] => SO242-2
  18. Brown, A., Hauton, C., Stratmann, T., Sweetman, A., van Oevelen, D. and Jones, D.O.B. (2018): Metabolic rates are significantly lower in abyssal Holothuroidea than in shall-water Holothuroidea. Royal Society open science 5: 172162. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172162]  => SO242-2
  19. Busch, K., Slaby, B.M., Bach, W., Boetius, A., Clefsen, I., Colaço, A., Creemers, M., Cristobo, J., Federwisch, L., Franke, A., Gavriilidou, A., Hethke, A., Kenchington, E., Mienis, F., Mills, S., Riesgo, A., Ríos, P., Roberts, E.M., Sipkema, D., Pita, L., Schupp, P.J., Xavier, J., Rapp, H.T. and Hentschel, U. (2022):  Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome. Nature Communications 13: 5160. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32684-4] => SO254
  20. Cairns, S.D. and Taylor, M.L. (2019): An illustrated key to the species of genus Narella (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Primnoidae). ZooKeys 822: 1-15. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3897 /zookeys.822.29922] => JC066
  21. Chen, C., Copley, J., Linse, K., Rogers, A.D. and Sigwart, J. (2015a): How the mollusc got its scales: convergent evolution of the molluscan scleritome. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 114: 949-954. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12462] => JC067
  22. Chen, C., Linse, K., Copley, J.T., Rogers, A.D. (2015b): The ‘scaly-foot gastropod’: a new genus and species of hydrothermal vent-endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae) from the Indian Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies 81: 322-334. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyv013] => JC067
  23. Chen, C., Copley, J.T., Linse, K., Rogers, A.D., Sigwart, J.D. (2015c): The heart of a dragon: 3D anatomical reconstruction of the ‘scaly-foot gastropod’ (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neomphalina) reveals its extraordinary circulatory system. Frontiers in Zoology 12: 16pp. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-015-0105-1] => JC067
  24. Chen, C, Copley, J., Linse, K., Rogers, A.D. (2015d): Low connectivity between ‘scaly-foot gastropod’ (Mollusca: Peltospiridae) populations at hydrothermal vents on the Southwest Indian Ridge and the Central Indian Ridge. Org Divers Evol (2015) 15: 663-670. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-015-0224-8]  è JC067
  25. Chen, C., Linse, K., Roterman, C.N., Copley, J.T. and Rogers, A.D. (2015e): A new genus of large hydrothermal vent-endemic gasatropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175: 319-335. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12279] => JC067
  26. Chen, C., Zhou, Y., Wang, C. and Copley, J.T. (2017): Two New Hot-Vent Peltospirid Snails (Gastropoda: Neomphalina) from Longqi Hydrothermal Field, Southwest Indian Ridge. Frontierts in Marine Science 4: 392. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00392] => JC067
  27. Christodoulou, M., O’Hara, R.D., Hugall, A.F. and Martínez Arbizu, P. (2019): Dark Ophiuroid Biodiversity in a Prospective Abyssal Mine Field. Current Biology 29 (22): 3909-3912. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.012]  => SO239/ SO242-2
  28. Christodoulou, M., O’Hara, T., Hugall, A.F., Khodami, S., Rodrigues, C.F., Hilário, A., Vink, A and Martínez Arbizu, P. (2020): Unexpected high abyssal ophiuroid diversity in polymetallic nodule fields of the northeast Pacific Ocean and implications for conservation. Biogeociences 17: 1845-1876. [https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1845-2020] => SO239/ SO242-2
  29. Christodoulou, M., De Grave, S., Vink., A. and Martínez Arbizu, P. (2022): Taxonomic assessment of deep-sea decapod crustaceans collected from poly metallic nodule field of the East Pacific Ocean using an integrative approach. Marine Biodiversity 52: 61. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01284-2] => SO239, SO242-2, SO268
  30. Cole, C., Coelho, A.V., James, R.H., Connelly, D. and Sheehan, D. (2014): Proteomic responses to metal-induced oxidative stress in hydrothermal vent-living mussels, Bathymodiolus sp., on the Southwest Indian Ridge. Marine Environmental Research 96: 29-37. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.09.003] => JC67
  31. Copley, J.T., Marsh, L., Glover, A.G., Hühnerbach, V., Nye, V.E., Reid, W.D.K., Sweeting, C.J., Wigham, B.D.and Wiklund, H. (2016): Ecology and biogeography of megafauna and macrofauna at the first known deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge. Scientific Reports 6: 39158. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep39158] => JC67
  32. Cuvelier, D., Ribeiro, P.A., Ramalho, S.P., Kersken, D., Martínez Arbizu, P. and Colaçao, A. (2020): Are seamounts refuge areas for fauna from polymetallic nodule fields? Biogeosciences 17: 2657-2680. [https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2657-2020] => SO239
  33. Cuvelier, D., Ramalho, S.P., Purser, A. and Haeckel, M. (2022): Impact of returning scientific cruises and prolonged on-site presence on litter abundance at the deep-sea nodule field in the Peru Basin. Marin Pollution Bulletin 184: 114162. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114162] => SO242-2
  34. Decelle, J., Andersen, A.C. and Hourdez, S. (2010): Morphological adaptations to chronic hypoxia in deep-sea decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seep. Marine Biology 157: 1259-1269. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-010-1406-8] => ATA1 und/oder MSM10-3 und/oder M78-2
  35. de Jonge, D.S.W., Stratmann, T., Lins, L., Vanreusel, A., Purser, A., Marcon, Y., Rodrigues, C.F., Ravara, A., Esquete, P, Cunha, M.R., Simon-Lledó, E., van Breugel, P., Sweetman, A.K., Sotaert, K. and van Oevelen, D. (2020): Abyssal food-web model indicates faunal carbon low recovery and impaired microbial loop 26 years after a sediment disturbance experiment. Progress in Oceanography 189: 102444. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102446]  => SO242-2
  36. Dekov, V.M., Petersen, S., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Kamenov, G.D., Perner, M., Kuzmann, E. and Schmidt, M. (2010): Fe–Si-oxyhydroxide deposits at a slow-spreading centre with thickened oceanic crust: The Lilliput hydrothermal field (9°33′S, Mid-Atlantic Ridge). Chemical Geology 278: 186–200. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.09.012] => M78/2
  37. Devey, C., Greinert, J., Boetius, A., Augustin, N. and Yeo, I. (2021): How volcanically active is an abyssal plain? Evidence for recent volcanism on 20 Ma Nazca Plate seafloor. Marine Geology 440: 106548. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106548] => SO242-2
  38. Dürkefälden, A., Hoernle, K., Hauff, F., Wartho, J.A., van den Bogaard, P. and Werner, R. (2019): Age and geochemistry of the Beata Ridge: Primary formation during the main phase (~89 Ma) of the Caribbean large Igneous Province. Lithos 328-329: 69-87. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2018.12.021] => M81-2
  39. Dumke, I., Purser, A., Marcon, Y., Nornes, S.M., Johnsen, G., Ludvigsen, M. and Söreide, F. (2018): Underwater hyperspectral imaging as an in situ taxonomic tool for deep-sea megafauna. Nature Scientific Reports 8: 12860. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31261-4] => SO242-2
  40. Dumke, I., Nornes, S.M., Purser, A., Marcon Y., Ludvigsen, M., Ellefmo, S.L., Johnsen, G. and Söreide, F. (2018b): First hyperspectral imaging survey of the deep seafloor: high-resolution mapping of manganese nodules. Remote sensing of the Environment 209: 19-30. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.024] => SO242-2
  41. Dworschak, P.C. (2016): A new genus and species of axiid shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda) from a southwestern Indian Ocean seamount. European Journal of Taxonomy 229: 1-11. [http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.229] => JC066
  42. Eizaguirre, C. (2016): Evolution: Ocean Models Reveal Life in Deep Seas. Current Biology Dispatches 26: R853-R855. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.083] => M78/2
  43. Fredslund, F., Borchert, M.S., Poulsen, J.-C., N, Perner, M., Streit, W. and Leggio, L.L. (2018): Structure of a hyperthermostable carbonic anhydrase identified from an active hydrothermal vent chimney. Enzyme and Microbial Technology: 114: 48-56. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enzmictec.2018.03.009] => MSM10/3  
  44. Gausepohl, F., Hennke, A., Schoening, T., Köser, K. and Greinert J. (2020): Scars in the abyss: reconstructing sequence, location and temporal chance of the 78 plough tracks of the 1989 DISCOL deep-sea disturbance experiment in the Peru Basin. Biogeosciences 17: 1463-1493. [https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1463-2020] => SO239 / SO242-2
  45. Geersen, J., Scholz, F., Linke, P., Schmidt, M., Lange, D., Behrmann, J.H., Völker, D. and Hensen, C. (2016): Fault zone controlled seafloor methane seepage in the rupture area of the 2010 Maule Earthquake, Central Chile. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 17: 4802-4813. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GC006498] => SO210
  46. Gerdes, K.H., Martínez Arbizu, P., Schwentner, M., Freitag, R., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Brandt, A. and Kihara, T.C. (2019): Megabenthic assemblages at the southern Central Indian Ridge – Spatial segregation of inactive hydrothermal vents from active -, periphery- and non-vent sites. Marine Environmental Research 151: 104776. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104776] => INDEX2013
  47. Gerdes, K.H., Kihara, T.C., Martínez Arbizu, P., Kuhn, T., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Mah, C.L., Norenburg, J.L., Linley, T.D., Shalaeva, K., Macpherson, E., Gordon, D., Stöhr, S., Messing, C.G., Bober, S., Guggolz, T., Christoudoulou, M., Gebruk, A., Kremenetskaia, A., Kroh, A., Sanamyan, K., Bolstad, K., Hoffmann, L., Gooday, A.J. and Molodtsova, T. (2021): Megafauna of the German exploration licence area for seafloor massive sulphides along the Central and South East Indian Ridge (Indian Ocean). Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e69955. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e69955] => INDEX2013
  48. Gollner, S., Stuckes, H. Kihara, T.C., Laurent, S., Kodami, S. and Martínez Arbizu, P. (2016): Mitochondrial DNA Analyses Indicate High Diversity, Expansive Population Growth and High Genetic Connectivity of Vent Copepods (Didivultidae) across Different Oceans. PLoS ONE 11(10): e0163776. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163776] => INDEX 2013
  49. Gollner, S., Kaiser, S., Menzel, L., Jones, D.O.B., Brown, A., Mestre, N.C., van Oevelen, D., Menot, L., Colaço, A., Canals, M., Cuvelier, D., Durden, J.M., Gebruk, N., Egho, G.A., Haeckel, M., Marcon, Y., Mevenkamp, L., Morato, T., Pham, C.K., Purser, A., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Vanreusel, A., Vink, A., Martínez Arbizu, P. (2017): Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities. Marine Environmental Research 129: 76-101. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.04.010] => INDEX 2013, SO239
  50. Gollner, S., Haeckel, M., Janssen, F., Lefaible, N., Molari, M., Papadopoulou, S., Reichard, G.-J., Trabucho-Alexandre, J., Vink, A. and Vanreusel, A. (2021): Restoration experiments in polymetallic nodule areas. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management XX: 1-15. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4541] => SO268
  51. Golowin, R, Portnyagin, M., Hoernle, K., Hauff, F., Werner, R. and Garbe-Schönberg, D. (2018): Geochemistry of deep Manihiki Plateau Crust: Implications of compositional diversity of large igneous provinces in the Western Pacific and their genetic link. Chemical Geology 493: 553-566. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.07.016] => SO225
  52. Gonnella, G., Böhnke, S., Indenbirken, D., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Seifert, R., Mertens, C. Kurtz, S. and Perner, M. (2016): Endemic hydrothermal vent species identified in the open ocean seed bank. Nature Microbiology 1: 1-7. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NMICROBIOL.2016.86] => M78/2, ATA-1
  53. Haalboom, S., Schoening, T., Urban, P., Gasiz, I.-Z., de Stigter, H., Gillard, B., Baeye, M., Hollstein, M., Purkiani, K., Reichard, G.-J., Thomsen, L., Haeckel, M., Vink, A. and Greinert, J. (2022): Monitoring of Anthopogenic 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] => SO268
  54. Haase, K.M., Koschinsky, A., Petersen, S., Devey, C.W., German, C., Lackschewitz, K.S., Melchert, M., Seifert, R., Borowski, C., Giere, O. and Paulick. H. (2009): Diking, young volcamism and diffuse hydrothermal activity on the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge: The Lilliput field at 9°33’S. Marine Geology 266: 52-64. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2009.07.012] => M78/2
  55. Haase, K.M., Gress, M.U., Lima, S.M., Regelous, M., Beier, C., Romer, R.L., and Bellon, H. (2020). Evolution of magmatism in the New Hebrides Island Arc and in initial back-arc rifting, SW Pacific. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 21: e2020GC008946. [https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC008946] => SO229
  56. Haffert, L., Haeckel, M., de Stigter, H. and Jannsen, F. (2020): Assessing the temporal scale of deep-sea mining impacts on sediment biogeochemistry. Biogeosciences 17: 2767-2789. [https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2767-2020] => SO242-2
  57. Hansen, M. and Perner, M. (2015): A novel hydrogen oxidizer amidst the sulfur-oxidizing Thiomicrospira lineage. The ISME Journal 9: 696-707. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2014.173] => M78/2
  58. Herrera, S., Watanabe, H. and Shank, T.M. (2015): Evolutionary and biogeographical patterns of barnacles from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Evolutionary Ecology 24: 673-689. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13054] => JC067
  59. Hestetun, J.T., Rapp, H.T. AND Yavier, J. (2017): Carnivorous sponges (Porifera, Cladorhizidae) from the Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge seamounts. Deep-Sea Research II 137: 166-189 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.03.004] => JC066
  60. 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. and 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 I 183: 103719. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103719] => SO268
  61. Jordt, A., Köser, K. and Koch, R. (2016): Refractive 3D reconstruction on underwater images. Methods in Oceanography 15-16: 90-113. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mio.2016.03.001] => M80-3
  62. Jordt-Sedlazeck, A. and Koch, R. (2013): Refractive Structure-from Motion on Underwater Images. IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision 2013: 7-64. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCV.2013.14] => M80-3
  63. Kaiser, S., Smith, C.R. and Martínez Arbizu, P. (2017): Editorial: Biodiversity of the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone. Marine Biodiversity 47: 259: 264. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0733-0] => SO239
  64. Keir, R., Schmale, O., Seifert, R. and Sültenfuß, J. (2009): Isotope fractionation and mixing in methane plumes from the Logatchev hydrothermal field. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 10 (5): Q05005, [http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009GC002403] => ATA-1
  65. Keith, M., Haase, K.M., Häckel, F., Schwarz-Schampera, U., KLemd, R., Hannington, M., Strauss, H., McConachy, T. and Anderson, M. (2021): Trace element fractionation and precipitation in submarine back-arc hydrothermal systems, Nifonea caldera, New Hebrides subduction zone. Ore Geology Reviews 135: 104211. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104211] => SO229
  66. Kersken, D., Janussen, D. and Martínez Arbizu, P. (2018a): Deep-sea glass sponges (Hexactinellida) from polymetallic nodule fields in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), northeastern Pacific: Part I - Amphidiscophora. Marine Biodiversity 48: 545-573. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0727-y] (+ Corrigendum) => SO239
  67. Kersken, D., Kocot, K., Janussen, D., Schell, T., Pfenninger, M., Martínez Arbizu, P. (2018b): First insights into the phylogeny of deep-sea glass sponges (Hexactinellida) from polymetallic nodule fields in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), northeastern Pacific. Hydrobiologia 811: 283-293. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3498-3]  => SO239
  68. Kersken, D., Janussen, D. and Martínez Arbizu, P. (2019): Deep-sea glass sponges (Hexactinellida) from polymetallic nodule fields in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), northeastern Pacific: Part II – Hexasterophora. Marine Biodiversity 49: 947-987. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-0880-y] => SO239
  69. Kleint, C., Hawkes, J.A., Sander, S.G. and Koschinsky, A. (2013): Voltammetric Investigation of Hydrothermal Iron Speciation. Frontiers in Marine Science 3 (75): 1-11.  [http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00075] => SO229
  70. Klevenz, V., Sumoondur, A., Osterta-Henning, C. and Koschinsky, A. (2010): Concentrations and distributions of dissolved amino acids in fluids from Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydothermal vents. Geochemical Journal 44: 387-397. [https://doi.org/10.2343/geochemj.1.0081] => ATA-1, ATA-2
  71. Klevenz, V., Bach, W., Schmidt, K., Hentscher, M., Koschinsky, A. and Petersen, S. (2011): Geochemistry of vent fluid particles formed during initial hydrothermal fluid-seawater mixing along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3) 12 (10): Q0AE05. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GC003704] => ATA-1, ATA-2, MSM10/3, M78/2
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    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
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    Technology & Logistics Centre
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    Technology & Logistics Centre
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    FB4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
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