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Pedro Martínez Arbizu is affiliated with the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental and earth sciences, focusing particularly on marine biology and oceanography. The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of marine ecosystems, biodiversity, and ecological patterns across various oceanic regions.

The primary fields of study for Martínez Arbizu include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these broader areas, their work delves into several subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main research topics covered by Martínez Arbizu include:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

Martínez Arbizu has published in various scientific journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Marine Biodiversity
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • Biogeosciences

Among their notable recent publications are:

  • Patterns of eukaryotic diversity from the surface to the deep-ocean sediment, 2022, Science Advances
  • Compositional and Quantitative Insights Into Bacterial and Archaeal Communities of South Pacific Deep-Sea Sponges (Demospongiae and Hexactinellida), 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Alpha and beta diversity patterns of polychaete assemblages across the nodule province of the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (equatorial Pacific), 2020, Biogeosciences
  • Eukaryotic Biodiversity and Spatial Patterns in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone and Other Abyssal Regions: Insights From Sediment DNA and RNA Metabarcoding, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Unexpected high abyssal ophiuroid diversity in polymetallic nodule fields of the northeast Pacific Ocean and implications for conservation, 2020, Biogeosciences

Frequent collaborators in Martínez Arbizu's research include Sahar Khodami, Magdalini Christodoulou, Αnnemiek Vink, Sven Rossel, and Katja Uhlenkott. These coauthors have contributed to numerous joint publications, demonstrating sustained collaborative relationships.

Best Publications

  • Abyssal food limitation, ecosystem structure and climate change

    Craig R. Smith;Fabio C. De Leo;Angelo F. Bernardino;Angelo F. Bernardino;Andrew K. Sweetman;Andrew K. Sweetman

  • Is the meiofauna a good indicator for climate change and anthropogenic impacts

    Daniela Zeppilli;Daniela Zeppilli;Jozee Sarrazin;Daniel Leduc;Pedro Martinez Arbizu

  • Threatened by mining, polymetallic nodules are required to preserve abyssal epifauna

    Ann Vanreusel;Ana Hilario;Pedro A. Ribeiro;Lenaick Menot

  • Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities

    Sabine Gollner;Stefanie Kaiser;Lena Menzel;Daniel O.B. Jones

  • Biological responses to disturbance from simulated deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining

    Daniel O.B. Jones;Stefanie Kaiser;Andrew K. Sweetman;Craig R. Smith

  • Deep-sea nematode assemblage has not recovered 26 years after experimental mining of polymetallic nodules (Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, Tropical Eastern Pacific)

    Dmitry M. Miljutin;Maria A. Miljutina;Pedro Martínez Arbizu;Joëlle Galéron

  • Ancient DNA complements microfossil record in deep-sea subsurface sediments

    Franck Lejzerowicz;Philippe Esling;Wojciech Majewski;Witold Szczuciński

  • The metazoan meiobenthos along a depth gradient in the Arctic Laptev Sea with special attention to nematode communities

    Jan Vanaverbeke;Pedro Martinez Arbizu;H.-U. Dahms;Horst K. Schminke

  • Natural spatial variability of depositional conditions, biogeochemical processes and element fluxes in sediments of the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean

    Jessica B. Volz;José M. Mogollón;José M. Mogollón;Walter Geibert;Pedro Martínez Arbizu

  • A reverse taxonomic approach to assess macrofaunal distribution patterns in abyssal Pacific polymetallic nodule fields

    Annika Janssen;Stefanie Kaiser;Karin Meißner;Nils Brenke

  • Retraction Note: Molecular Phylogeny and Revision of Copepod Orders (Crustacea: Copepoda).

    Sahar Khodami;J. Vaun McArthur;Leocadio Blanco-Bercial;Pedro Martinez Arbizu

  • Diversity of meiofauna from the 9°50'N East Pacific rise across a gradient of hydrothermal fluid emissions.

    Sabine Gollner;Barbara Riemer;Pedro Martínez Arbizu;Nadine Le Bris

  • Metabarcoding of marine environmental DNA based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes

    Babett Günther;Thomas Knebelsberger;Hermann Neumann;Silke Laakmann

  • A method for comparing within-core alpha diversity values from repeated multicorer samplings, shown for abyssal Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the Angola Basin

    Armin Rose;Sybille Seifried;Elke Willen;Kai Horst George

  • Submarine ridges do not prevent large-scale dispersal of abyssal fauna: A case study of Mesocletodes (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida)

    Lena Menzel;Kai Horst George;Pedro Martínez Arbizu

  • Megafauna of the German exploration licence area for seafloor massive sulphides along the Central and South East Indian Ridge (Indian Ocean).

    Klaas Gerdes;Terue Cristina Kihara;Pedro Martínez Arbizu;Thomas Kuhn

  • Spatially structured populations with a low level of cryptic diversity in European marine Gastrotricha

    Alexander Kieneke;Pedro M. Martínez Arbizu;Diego Fontaneto

  • Compositional and Quantitative Insights Into Bacterial and Archaeal Communities of South Pacific Deep-Sea Sponges (Demospongiae and Hexactinellida).

    Georg Steinert;Georg Steinert;Kathrin Busch;Kristina Bayer;Sahar Kodami

  • Alpha and beta diversity patterns of polychaete assemblages across the nodule province of the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (equatorial Pacific)

    Paulo Bonifácio;Pedro Martínez Arbizu;Lénaïck Menot

  • Revision of the Remaneicaris argentina-group (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Parastenocarididae): Supplementary Description of Species, and Description of the First Semi-Terrestrial Remaneicaris From the Tropical Forest of Southeast Mexico

    Paulo Henrique C. Corgosinho;Nancy F. Mercado-Salas;Pedro Martínez Arbizu;Edinaldo Nelson Dos Santos Silva

  • Dark Ophiuroid Biodiversity in a Prospective Abyssal Mine Field

    Magdalini Christodoulou;Timothy D. O’Hara;Andrew F. Hugall;Pedro Martinez Arbizu

  • Potential Mitigation and Restoration Actions in Ecosystems Impacted by Seabed Mining

    Daphne Cuvelier;Sabine Gollner;Daniel O.B. Jones;Stefanie Kaiser

  • High-Throughput Sequencing-The Key to Rapid Biodiversity Assessment of Marine Metazoa?

    Inga Mohrbeck;Michael J. Raupach;Pedro Martínez Arbizu;Thomas Knebelsberger

  • Differences in recovery between deep-sea hydrothermal vent and vent-proximate communities after a volcanic eruption

    Sabine Gollner;Breea Govenar;Pedro Martinez Arbizu;Susan Mills

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann Vanreusel
Ann Vanreusel Ghent University
Angelika Brandt
Angelika Brandt Universität Hamburg
Sabine Kasten
Sabine Kasten University of Bremen
Craig R. Smith
Craig R. Smith University of Hawaii at Manoa
Andrew J. Gooday
Andrew J. Gooday National Oceanography Centre
Jan Pawlowski
Jan Pawlowski Heidelberg University
Moriaki Yasuhara
Moriaki Yasuhara University of Hong Kong
Jörundur Svavarsson
Jörundur Svavarsson University of Iceland
Diego Fontaneto
Diego Fontaneto Water Research Institute
Daniel O.B. Jones
Daniel O.B. Jones National Oceanography Centre

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