Epifauna

Publikationsliste

Insgesamt 72 Veröffentlichungen peer-reviewed (nicht aufgeführt sind Fahrtberichte und Datensätze)

In review

Stefanie Kaiser, Bente Stransky, Robert M. Jennings, Saskia Brix (in press) Combining morphological and mitochondrial DNA data to describe a new species of Austroniscus Vanhöffen, 1914 (Isopoda, Janiroidea, Nannoniscidae) linking abyssal and hadal depths of the Puerto Rico Trench. Zootaxa.

Stefanie Kaiser, Angelika Brandt, Saskia Brix, Nils Brenke, Karlotta Kürzel, Pedro Martinez Arbizu, Matt H. Pinkerton, Hanieh Saeedi (in review) Community structure of abyssal macrobenthos of the South and equatorial Atlantic Ocean – identifying patterns, and environmental controls. submission DSR1-D-22-00164 to Deep-Sea Research Part I.

Morgane Le Saout, Dominik Palgan, Colin Devey, Thorsten Lux, Sven Petersen, Daniel Thorhallsson, Alex Tomkowicz, Saskia Brix (in review) Variations in volcanism and tectonics along the hotspot-influenced Reykjanes Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystem.

Amelia Bridges, Kerry Howell, Teresa Amaro, Saskia Brix, et al. (2022) Review of the Central and South Atlantic Deep-Sea Benthos: Science, Policy and Management. Oceanography. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. Challenger 150 paper to be published as book 2023

2022

Sarah M. Schnurr, Marina V. Malyutina, and Saskia Brix (2022) The Eurycope producta Sars, 1868 Species Complex (Isopoda, Munnopsidae) at the Transition of the Northern North Atlantic and the Nordic Seas—Including Descriptions of Six New Species and a Key. Diversity 14, no. 7: 545. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14070545

Saskia Brix, Stefanie Kaiser, Anne-Nina Lörz, Morgane Le Saout, Mia Schumacher, Frederic Bonk, Hronn Egilsdottir, Steinunn Hilma Olafsdottir, Anne Helene S. Tandberg, James Taylor, Simon Tewes, Joana R. Xavier, Katrin Linse (2022). Habitat variability and faunal zonation at the Ægir Ridge, a canyon-like structure in the deep Norwegian Sea. PeerJ 10:e13394 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13394

Angelina Eichsteller, James Taylor, Sabine Stöhr, Saskia Brix, and Pedro Martìnez Arbizu (2022) DNA Barcoding of Cold-Water Coral-Associated Ophiuroid Fauna from the North Atlantic. Diversity 14, no. 5: 358. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14050358

Severin Korfhage, Sven Rossel, Saskia Brix, Cathrine D. Mc Fadden, Steinunn Hilma Olafsdóttir, Pedro Martinez, Arbizu (2022) Species Delimitation of Hexacorallia and Octocorallia Around Iceland Using Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA and Proteome Fingerprinting. Frontiers in Marine Science 9(838101) DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.838201

Karlotta Kürzel, Stefanie Kaiser, Anne-Nina Lörz, Sven Rossel, Eva Paulus, Janna Peters, Martin Schwentner, Pedro Martinez Arbizu, Charles Oliver Coleman, Jörundur Svavarsson, Saskia Brix (2022) Correct species identification and its implications for conservation using Haploniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) in Icelandic waters as a proxy. Recent and Emerging Innovations in Deep-Sea Taxonomy to Enhance Biodiversity. Frontiers in Marine Science. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.795196

Anna Joest, Hisayo Okahashi, Alexandra Ostmann, Pedro Martinez-Arbizu, Jörundur Svavarsson, Saskia Brix, Moriaki Yasuhara (2022) Recent deep-sea ostracods of the sub-polar North Atlantic Ocean. Micropaleontology Volume 68, No. 3 pp. 291-343 – online 10 May 2022, DOI: 10.47894/mpal.68.3.07

2021

Eva Paulus, Saskia Brix, Annabelle Siebert, Pedro Martínez Arbizu, Sven Rossel, Janna Peters, Jörundur Svavarsson, Martin Schwentner (2022) Recent speciation and hybridization in Icelandic deep-sea isopods: An integrative approach using genomics and proteomics. Molecular Ecology. Volume 31, Issue 1 p. 313-330 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16234

Carolin Uhlir, Martin Schwentner, Kenneth Meland, Jon A. Kongsrud, Hendrik Glenner, Angelika Brandt, Ralf Thiel, Jörundur Svavarsson, Anne-Nina Lörz, Saskia Brix (2021) Adding pieces to the puzzle: insights into diversity and distribution patterns of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the deep North Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean. PeerJ 9:e12379 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12379

Anna M. Jażdżewska, Anne-Helene S. Tandberg, Tammy Horton, Saskia Brix (2021) Global gap-analysis of amphipod barcode library. PeerJ 9:e12352 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12352

Anna M. Jażdżewska, Tammy Horton, Ed Hendrycks, Tomasz Mamos, Amy C. Driskell, Saskia Brix, Pedro Martinez Arbizu (2021) Pandora’s Box in the Deep Sea –Intraspecific Diversity Patterns and Distribution of Two Congeneric Scavenging Amphipods. Front. Mar. Sci., 07 December 2021. Recent and Emerging Innovations in Deep-Sea Taxonomy to Enhance Biodiversity Assessment and Conservation Sec. Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.750180

Saskia Brix, Christoph Held, Stefanie Kaiser, Robert M. Jennings, Amy Driskell, Angelika Brandt (2021) Evolution and phylogeny of the deep-sea isopod families Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 and Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda: Asellota). Organisms Diversity and Evolution 21, 691–717. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00509-9

James Taylor, Colin Devey, Morgane Le Saout, Sven Petersen, Tom Kwasnitschka, Inmaculada Frutos, Katrin Linse, Anne-Nina Lörz, Dominik Pałgan, Anne H. Tandberg, Jörundur Svavarsson, Daniel Thorhallsson, Adrianna Tomkowicz, Hrönn Egilsdóttir, Stefán Á. Ragnarsson, Jasmin Renz, Elena L. Markhaseva, Sabine Gollner, Eva Paulus, Jon Kongsrud, Jan Beermann, Kevin M. Kocot, Karin Meißner, Alexander Bartholomä, Leon Hoffman, Pauline Vannier, Viggó Þ. Marteinsson, Hans T. Rapp, Guillermo Díaz-Agras, Ramiro Tato and Saskia Brix (2021) The Discovery and Preliminary Geological and Faunal Descriptions of Three New Steinahóll Vent Sites, Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland. Frontiers. in Marine Science, 05 October 2021 Sec. Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.520713 Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems and Deep-Sea Fisheries

Anne-Nina Lörz, Stefanie Kaiser, Jens Oldeland, Carolin Stolter, Karlotta Kürzel, Saskia Brix (2021). Biogeography, diversity and environmental relationships of shelf and deep-sea benthic Amphipoda around Iceland. PeerJ 9:e11898 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11898

Stefanie Kaiser, Terue Cristina Kihara, Saskia Brix, Inga Mohrbeck, Annika Janssen, Robert M Jennings (2021) Species boundaries and phylogeographic patterns in new species of Nannoniscus (Janiroidea: Nannoniscidae) from the equatorial Pacific nodule province inferred from mtDNA and morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 193, Issue 3, November 2021, Pages 1020–1071, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa174

Jesús A Ballesteros, Emily V W Setton, Carlos E Santibáñez-López, Claudia P Arango, Georg Brenneis, Saskia Brix, Kevin F Corbett, Esperanza Cano-Sánchez, Merai Dandouch, Geoffrey F Dilly, Marc P Eleaume, Guilherme Gainett, Cyril Gallut, Sean McAtee, Lauren McIntyre, Amy L Moran, Randy Moran, Pablo J López-González, Gerhard Scholtz, Clay Williamson, H Arthur Woods, Jakob T Zehms, Ward C Wheeler, Prashant P Sharma (2021) Phylogenomic Resolution of Sea Spider Diversification through Integration of Multiple Data Classes, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 38, Issue 2, Pages 686–701, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaa228

2020

Saskia Brix, Karen J. Osborn, Stefanie Kaiser, Sarit B. Truskey, Sarah M. Schnurr, Nils Brenke, Marina Malyutina, and Pedro Martinez Arbizu (2020) Adult life strategy affects distribution patterns in abyssal isopods – implications for conservation in Pacific nodule areas. Biogeosciences, 17, 6163–6184, 2020. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6163-2020

Marina Malyutina, Terue-Cristina Kihara & Saskia Brix (2020) A new genus of Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864 (Crustacea, Isopoda), with descriptions of two abyssal new species from the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone, north-eastern tropical Pacific. Marine. Biodiversity 50, 42 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01061-z.

Anne-Nina Lörz, Saskia Brix, Anna M. Jażdżewska & Lauren Elizabeth Hughes (2020) A new species concept for North Atlantic Lepechinella Stebbing, 1908 (Atylidae: Amphipoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa024/5825067

Robert M. Jennings, Olga Golovan & Saskia Brix (2020) Integrative species delimitation of desmosomatid and nannoniscid isopods from the Kuril-Kamchatka trench, with description of a hadal species. Progress in Oceanography. KuramBIO II Special Issue. Available online 10 December 2019, 102236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102236

Angelika Brandt, Saskia Brix, Torben Riehl, Marina Malyutina (2020) Biodiversity and biogeography of the abyssal and hadal Kuril-Kamchatka Trench and adjacent NW Pacific deep-sea regions (Introduction to the Progress in Oceanography KuramBIO II Special Issue) Volume 181, 102232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102232 Progress in Oceanography 181, 102232

2019

Angelika Brandt, Inna Alalykinac, Saskia Brix, Nils Brenke, Magdalena Błażewicz, Olga A. Golovan, Nele Johannsen, Anna M. Hrinko, Anna M. Jażdżewska, Karen Jeskulke, Gennady M. Kamenev, Anna V. Lavrenteva, Marina V. Malyutina, Torben Riehl, Lidia Lins (2019) Depth zonation of Northwest Pacific deep-sea macrofauna. Progress in Oceanography Volume 176, September 2019, 102131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102131

Anna B. Jöst, Moriaki Yasuhara, Chih-Lin Wei, Hisayo Okahashi, Alexandra Ostmann, Pedro Martínez Arbizu, Briony Mamo, Jörundur Svavarsson, Saskia Brix (2019) North Atlantic Gateway: Test bed of deep-sea macroecological patterns. Journal of Biogeography. Volume46, Issue9, pp. 2056-2066. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13632

2018

Saskia Brix, Bente Stransky, Marina Malyutina, Krzysztof Pabis, Jörundur Svavarsson, Torben Riehl (2018) Distributional patterns of isopods (Crustacea) in Icelandic and adjacent waters. Marine Biodiversity 03/2018; DOI:10.1007/s12526-018-0871-z

Saskia Brix, Simon Bober, Claudia Tschesche, Terue-Cristina Kihara, Amy Driskell, Robert M. Jennings (2018) Molecular species delimitation and its implications for species descriptions using desmosomatid and nannoniscid isopods from the VEMA fracture zone as example taxa. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography 02/2018; 148. DOI:10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.02.004

Saskia Brix, Anne-Nina Lörz, Anna M. Jażdżewska, Lauren Hughes, Anne Helene S. Tandberg, Krzysztof Pabis, Bente Stransky, Traudl Krapp-Schickel, Jean Claude Sorbe, Ed Hendrycks, Wim Vader, Inmaculada Frutos, Tammy Horton, Krzysztof Jażdżewski, Rachael Peart, Jan Beermann, Charles Oliver Coleman, Lene Buhl-Mortensen, Laure Corbari, Charlotte Havermans, Ramiro Tato, Anali Jimenez Campean (2018) Amphipod family distributions around Iceland. ZooKeys 01/2018; 731(731):1-53., DOI:10.3897/zookeys.731.19854

Anna B. Jöst, Moriaki Yasuhara, Hisayo Okahashi, Saskia Brix, Pedro Martínez Arbizu, Alexandra Ostmann (2018) Biogeographic distributions of Cytheropteron species (Ostracoda) in Icelandic waters (sub-polar North Atlantic). Marine Biodiversity 03/2018; DOI:10.1007/s12526-018-0867-8

Sarah Schnurr, Karen J. Osborn, Marina Malyutina, Robert Jennings, Saskia Brix, Amy Driskell, Jörundur Svavarsson, Pedro Martinez Arbizu (2018) Hidden diversity in two species complexes of munnopsid isopods (Crustacea) at the transition between the northernmost North Atlantic and the Nordic Seas. Marine Biodiversity 04/2018;, DOI:10.1007/s12526-018-0877-6

Karin Meißner, Saskia Brix, Kenneth M. Halanych, Anna M. Jażdżewska (2018) Preface—biodiversity of Icelandic waters. Marine Biodiversity 04/2018; 48(2)., DOI:10.1007/s12526-018-0884-7

Robert M. Jennings, Saskia Brix, Simon Bober, Jörundur Svavarsson, Amy Driskell (2018) More diverse than expected: distributional patterns of Oecidiobranchus Hessler, 1970 (Isopoda, Asellota) on the Greenland-Iceland-Faeroe Ridge based on molecular markers. Marine Biodiversity 03/2018;, DOI:10.1007/s12526-018-0857-x

Simon Bober, Saskia Brix, Torben Riehl, Martin Schwentner, Angelika Brandt (2018) Does the Mid-Atlantic Ridge affect the distribution of abyssal benthic crustaceans across the Atlantic Ocean? Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography 02/2018;, DOI:10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.02.007

Anna M Jażdżewska, Laure Corbari, Amy Driskell, Inmaculada Frutos, Charlotte Havermans, Ed Hendrycks, Lauren Hughes, Anne-Nina Lörz, Bente Stransky, Anne Helene, S Tandberg, Wim Vader, Saskia Brix (2018) A genetic fingerprint of Amphipoda from Icelandic waters-the baseline for further biodiversity and biogeography studies. ZooKeys 01/2018; 731(9)., DOI:10.3897/zookeys.731.19931

2017

10. Brandt, J. Scholz, A. Allspach, N. Brenke, S. Brix, K. H. George, T. Hörnschemeyer, S. Holst, M. Hoppenrath, F. Iwan, A. Janssen, R. Janssen, D. Janussen, K. Jeskulke, D. Fiege, S. Kaiser, A. Kieneke, T. C. Kihara, I. Kröncke, F. Krupp, S. O. Martha, P. M. Martínez Arbizu, K. Meißner, M. Miljutina, D. Miljutin, J. Renz, T. Riehl, H. Saeedi, V. Siegler, M. Sonnewald, H. Stuckas, G. Veit-Köhler (2017) 200 years of marine research at Senckenberg: selected highlights. Marine Biodiversity 12/2017; DOI:10.1007/s12526-017-0839-4

Philip Baker, Ulrike Minzlaff, Alexandra Schoenle, Enrico Schwabe, Manon Hohlfeld, Alexandra Jeuck, Nils Brenke, Dennis Prausse, Marcel Rothenbeck, Saskia Brix, Inmaculada Frutos, Katharina M. Jörger, Timea P. Neusser, Rolf Koppelmann, Colin Devey, Angelika Brandt, Hartmut Arndt (2017) Potential contribution of surface-dwelling Sargassum algae to deep-sea ecosystems in the southern North Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography 10/2017; DOI:10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.10.002

10. Brandt, I. Frutos, S. Bober, S. Brix, N. Brenke, T. Guggolz, N. Heitland, M. Malyutina, U. Minzlaff, T. Riehl, E. Schwabe, A.-C. Zinkann, K. Linse (2017) Composition of abyssal macrofauna along the Vema Fracture Zone and the hadal Puerto Rico Trench, northern tropical Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography 07/2017;, DOI:10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.07.014

Stefanie Kaiser, Saskia Brix, Terue C. Kihara, Annika Janssen, Robert M. Jennings (2017) Integrative species delimitation in the deep-sea genus Thaumastosoma Hessler, 1970 (Isopoda, Asellota, Nannoniscidae) reveals a new genus and species from the Atlantic and central Pacific abyss (2017) Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography 05/2017; DOI:10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.05.006

Niel L Bruce, Saskia Brix, Nicholas Balfour, Terue C Kihara, Alexander M Weigand, Sevag Mehterian, Thomas M Iliffe (2017) A new genus for Cirolana troglexuma Botosaneanu & Iliffe, 1997, an anchialine cave dwelling cirolanid isopod (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the Bahamas Subterranean Biology Published by The International Society for Subterranean Biology. Subterranean Biology 02/2017; 21(21):57-92., DOI:10.3897/subtbiol.21.11181

2016

Anna B. Jöst, Moriaki Yasuhara, Hisayo Okahashi, Alexandra Ostmann, Pedro Martínez Arbizu, Saskia Brix (2016) Vertical distribution of living ostracods in deep-sea sediments, North Atlantic Ocean. DOI:10.1016/j.dsr.2017.01.012

2015

Saskia Brix, Florian Leese, Torben Riehl, Terue Cristina Kihara (2015) A new genus and new species of Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 (Isopoda) from the eastern South Atlantic abyss described by means of integrative taxonomy (2015) Marine Biodiversity 05/2014;, DOI:10.1007/s12526-014-0218-3

C Dieter Zander, Klaus Rupp, Kristin Böhme, Saskia Brix, Kim C Detloff, Jörg Melander, Inga Nordhaus, Christine Schiro (2015) The phytal fauna of the SW Baltic Sea and its importance as reservoir for fi sh prey Die Phytalfauna der SW-Ostsee und ihre Bedeutung als Reservoir von Fischnahrung.

2014

Saskia Brix, Karin Meißner, Bente Stransky, Kenneth M. Halanych, Robert M. Jennings, Kevin M. Kocot, Jörundur Svavarsson (2014) The IceAGE project – a follow up of BIOICE. Polish Polar Research 07/2014; 35(2)., DOI:10.2478/popore−2014−0010

Saskia Brix, Jörundur Svavarsson, Florian Leese (2014) A Multi-gene Analysis Reveals Multiple Highly Divergent Lineages of The Isopod Chelator Insignis (Hansen, 1916) South of Iceland. Polish Polar Research 07/2014; 35(2)., DOI:10.2478/popore−2014−0015

Sarah Schnurr, Angelika Brandt, Saskia Brix, Dario Fiorentino, Marina Malyutina, Jörundur Svavarsson (2014) Composition and distribution of selected munnopsid genera (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota) in Icelandic waters. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers 11/2014; 84:142-155., DOI:10.1016/j.dsr.2013.11.004i

Angelika Brandt, Saskia Brix, Christoph Held, Terue Cristina Kihara (2014) Molecular differentiation in sympatry despite morphological stasis: Deep-sea Atlantoserolis Wägele, 1994 and Glabroserolis Menzies, 1962 from the south-west Atlantic (Crustacea: Isopoda: Serolidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 10/2014; 172(2)., DOI:10.1111/zoj.12178

108. Meyer-Löbbecke, A. Brandt, S. Brix (2014) Diversity and abundance of deep-sea Isopoda along the Southern Polar Front: Results from the SYSTCO I and II expeditions. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography 07/2014; 108., DOI:10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.06.006

Magdalena Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Robert M. Jennings, Karen Jeskulke, Saskia Brix (2014) Discovery of Swimming Males of Paratanaoidea (Tanaidacea). Polish Polar Research 06/2014; 35(2):415–453., DOI:10.2478/popore−2014−0022

Torben Riehl, Nils Brenke, Saskia Brix, Amy Driskell, Stefanie Kaiser, Angelika Brandt (2014) Field and Laboratory Methods for DNA Studies on Deep-sea Isopod Crustaceans. 01/2014; 35(2)., DOI:10.2478/popore-2014-0018

2013

Charlotte Havermans, Gontran Sonet, Cedric d’Udekem d’Acoz, Zoltán T Nagy, Patrick Martin, Saskia Brix, Torben Riehl, Shobhit Agrawal, Christoph Held (2013) Genetic and Morphological Divergences in the Cosmopolitan Deep-Sea Amphipod Eurythenes gryllus Reveal a Diverse Abyss and a Bipolar Species. PLoS ONE 09/2013; 8(9):e74218., DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0074218

Stefanie Kaiser, Simone N. Brandão, Saskia Brix, David K.A. Barnes, David A. Bowden, Jeroen Ingels, Florian Leese, Stefano Schiaparelli, Claudia P. Arango, Renuka Badhe, Narissa Bax, Magdalena Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, Angelika Brandt, Nils Brenke, Ana I. Catarino, Bruno David, Chantal Ridder, Philippe Dubois, Kari E. Ellingsen, Adrian G. Glover, Huw J. Griffiths, Julian Gutt, Kenneth M. Halanych, Charlotte Havermans, Christoph Held, Dorte Janussen, Anne-Nina Lörz, David A. Pearce, Benjamin Pierrat, Torben Riehl, Armin Rose, Chester J. Sands, Anna Soler-Membrives, Myriam Schüller, Jan M. Strugnell, Ann Vanreusel, Gritta Veit-Köhler, Nerida G. Wilson, Moriaki Yasuhara (2013) Patterns, processes and vulnerability of Southern Ocean benthos: a decadal leap in knowledge and understanding. Marine Biology 09/2013; 160(9).

Karin Meißner, Dario Fiorentino, Sarah Schnurr, Pedro Martinez Arbizu, Falk Huettmann, Sabine Holst, Saskia Brix, Jörundur Svavarsson (2013) Distribution of benthic marine invertebrates at northern latitudes ― An evaluation applying multi-algorithm species distribution models. Journal of Sea Research 06/2013;, DOI:10.1016/j.seares.2013.05.007

2012

Sarah Schnurr, Saskia Brix (2012) Eugerdella huberti sp. nov. – a new species of Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the deep-sea of the South Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biodiversity 02/2012; 42(1):13-24., DOI:10.1007/s12526-011-0087-y

2011

Saskia Brix, Torben Riehl, Florian Leese (2011) First genetic data for species of the genus Haploniscus Richardson, 1908 (Isopoda: Asellota: Haploniscidae) from neighbouring deep-sea basins in the South Atlantic. Zootaxa 04/2011; 2838(2838):79-84., DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.2838.1.5

Angelika Brandt, U. Bathmann, Saskia Brix, B. Cisewski, H. Flores, C. Göcke, D. Janussen, S. Krägefsky, S. Kruse, H. Leach, K. Linse, E. Pakhomov, I. Peeken, Torben Riehl, E. Sauter, O. Sachs, M. Schüller, M. Schrödl, E. Schwabe, V. Strass, J.A. van Franeker, E. Wilmsen (2011) Maud Rise – a snapshot through the water column. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography 01/2011; 58:1962–1982., DOI:10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.01.008

Karol Zemko, Saskia Brix (2011) New species of desmosomatid isopods from Admiralty Bay, King George Island. 01/2011; 32(4)., DOI:10.2478/v10183-011-0022-8

2010

Saskia Brix, Jörundur Svavarsson (2010) Distribution and diversity of desmosomatid and nannoniscid isopods (Crustacea) on the Greenland–Iceland–Faeroe Ridge. Polar Biology 04/2010; 33(4):515-530., DOI:10.1007/s00300-009-0729-8

2009

• VEY, A. & BRIX, S. (2009): Macrostylis cerritus sp. nov., a new species of Macrostylidae (Isopoda: Asellota) from the Weddell Sea, Southern Ocean. Zootaxa 2096: 356–370.

2008

• BRIX, S. & BRUCE, N. (2008): A new species of Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 from New Zealand deep waters: Prochelator maorii sp. nov. (Isopoda: Asellota). In: Martínez Arbizu, P. & Brix, S. (Eds) (2008) Bringing Light into Deep-sea Biodiversity. Zootaxa, 1866: 482–492.
• MARTINEZ ARBIZU, P. & BRIX, S. (2008): Editorial: Bringing light into deep-sea biodiversity. Zootaxa 1866: 5–6.

2007

• BRIX, S. (2007): Four new species of Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the deep sea of the Angola Basin. Marine Biology Research, 3:4, pp. 205–230.
• KAISER, S &. BRIX, S. (2007): Two new species of Pseudomesus Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda: Asellota: Desmosomatidae) Pseudomesus pitombo sp. nov and Pseudomesus satanus sp. nov. Zootaxa 1658: 21–38.
• BRANDT, A., BRIX, S., BRÖKELAND, W., CHOUDURY, M., KAISER, S., MALYUTINA, M. (2007): Deep-sea isopod biodiversity, abundance, and endemism in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean – Results from the ANDEEP I–III expeditions. Deep-Sea Research II 54 pp. 1760–1775
• BRANDT, A., BRIX, S., BRÖKELAND, W., CEDHAGEN, T., CHOUDURY, M., CORNELIUS,N., DANIS, B., DE MESEL, I., DIAZ, R.J., GILLAN, D.C., HILBIG, B., HOWE, J., JANUSSEN, D., KAISER, S., LINSE, K., MALYUTINA, M., BRANDAO, S., PAWLOWSKI, J., RAUPACH, M., GOODAY, A.J. (2007): The Southern Ocean deep sea: first insights into biodiversity and biogeography. Nature, pp. 307– 311.

2006

• BRIX, S. (2006): A new genus and new species of Desmosomatidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota) from the deep sea of south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(2): 175–205
• BRIX, S. (2006): A new species of Desmosomatidae (Isopoda: Crustacea) from the deep Southern Ocean: Eugerdella serrata sp. nov. including remarks to the morphological variability within Eugerdella Hessler, 1970. Mitteilungen aus dem hamburger zoologischen Museum und Institut. S. 69 – 84

2005

• KAISER, S. & BRIX, S. (2005): A new isopod species from the Southern Ocean: Disparella maiuscula sp. nov. (Isopoda: Asellota: Desmosomatidae). Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst., Band 102, 153 – 165.
• BRENKE, N., BRIX, S., KNUSCHKE, T. (2005): Results of the DIVA-1 expedition of RV “Meteor” (Cruise M48/1). A new deep-sea species from the Angola Basin: Prochelator angolensis sp. nov. (Asellota: Desmosomatidae). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 5, 179–188.
• BRANDT, A., BRENKE, N., ANDRES, H.-G., BRIX, S., GUERRERO-KOMMRITZ, J., MÜHLENHARDT-SIEGEL, U. & WÄGELE, J.-W. (2005): Diversity of peracarid crustaceans (Malacostraca) from the abyssal plain of the Angola Basin. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 105 – 112.

2004

• BRANDT, A., BRÖKELAND, W., BRIX, S. & MALYUTINA, M. (2004): Diversity of Southern Ocean deep-sea Isopoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca)- a comparison with shelf data. Deep-Sea Research II. Vol. 51, 1753 – 1768.

 

Not peer-reviewed publications

• DEVEY, C. & BRIX, S. IceAGE_RR cruise report MSM75 2018
• BRIX, S. ET AL. IceAGE2 cruise report POS456 2013
• SCHNURR, S., A. MEYER-LÖBECKE, A. BRANDT, S. BRIX: Barcoding deep-sea Isopoda. In D. Wolf-Gladrow et al.: The Expedition of the Research Vessel “Polarstern” to the Antarctic in 2012 (ANT-XXVIII/3). Berichte zur Polar und Meeresforschung.
• BRIX, S. ET AL. (2012) METEOR-Berichte. Overflow Circulation and Biodiversity. Cruise No. 85, Leg 3. August 27 – September 28, 2011. Reykjavik (Iceland) – Cuxhaven (Germany). Editorial Assistance: Senatskommission für Ozeanographie der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft. MARUM – Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften der Universität Bremen. Leitstelle Deutsche Forschungsschiffe. Institut für Meereskunde der Universität Hamburg.
• BRANDT, A., BRIX, S., EBBE, B., KRAMER, L., RIEHL, T., SCHÜLLER, M., WÜRZBERG, L. (2010). Macrofauna – Biodiversity, ecology and zoogeography of peracarid crustaceans and Polychaeta. Berichte zur Polar & Meeresforschung 604, 110–118.
• BRENKE, N., BRIX, S., GUERRERO-KOMMRITZ, J., KAISER, S., MÜHLENHARDT-SIEGEL, U., RUDSCHEWSKI, M., SCHUELLER, M., HENDRYCKS, E.: Macroepifauna represented in sledge-samples. In: Cruise Report DIVA 2 (M63/2).

Poster (international conferences)

10 ausgewählte Poster von >20

2022      – Severin Korfhage, Sven Rossel, Saskia Brix, Steinunn Hilma Ólafsdóttir, Pedro Martínez Arbizu: The mt genome of coral species associated with geonthermal activity South of Iceland. iAtlantic General Assembly 9. – 16.10.2022, Florianopolis, Brasilien

2021      SEVERIN KORFHAGE, SVEN ROSSEL, SASKIA BRIX, STEINUNN HILMA ÓLAFSDÓTTIR, PEDRO MARTINEZ ARBIZU: Species Delimitation of Hexacorallia and Octocorallia Around Iceland Using Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA and Proteome Fingerprinting. September 12th – 18th Deep Sea Biology Symposium (DSBS) Brest, France: hybrid conference, attendance in person.

2021      VIVIEN HARTMANN, SIMON TEWES, MIA SCHUMACHER, MAIK WILSENSCK, BIRGIT KLEIN, SASKIA BRIX: A biological approach on CTD data along with EBS tracks to assign water masses to marine benthic species distribution data. September 12th – 18th Deep Sea Biology Symposium (DSBS) Brest, France: hybrid conference, attendance in person.

2021      STEFANIE KAISER, BENTE STRANSKY, ROBERT M JENNINGS, TERUE CRISTINA KIHARA, SASKIA BRIX: Speciation in a hadal trench?  Morphological and molecular evidence of (a) new isopod species from the Puerto Rico Trench. September 12th – 18th Deep Sea Biology Symposium (DSBS) Brest, France: hybrid conference, attendance in person.

2021      CAROLIN UHLIR, MARTIN SCHWENTNER, KENNETH MELAND, JON ANDERS KONGSRUD, HENRIK GLENNER, ANGELIKA BRANDT, RALF THIEL, JÖRUNUDUR SVAVARSSON, ANNE-NINA LÖRZ, SASKIA BRIX: Insights into diversity and distribution patterns of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the deep North Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean. September 12th – 18th Deep Sea Biology Symposium (DSBS) Brest, France: hybrid conference, attendance in person.

2020      KARLOTTA KÜRZEL, ANNE-NINA LÖRZ, CH. OLLIVER COLEMAN, RALF THIEL, STEFANIE KAISER, SASKIA BRIX: Interactive keys in selected deep-sea isopods. World Marine Biodiversity Conference (WMBC) held online, Auckland (New Zealand), December 2020 (online meeting)

2020      EVA PAULUS, MARTIN SCHWENTNER, ANABELLE SIEBERT, SVEN ROSSEL, JANNA PETERS, SASKIA BRIX: Necessity of reliable identification as a baseline for conservation – an isopod case study on the genus Haploniscus Richardson 1908. 4th Annual Meeting in Conservation Genetics, Frankfurt.

2019      EVA PAULUS, SASKIA BRIX, HALLDOR PALMAR HALLDORSSON, CORAL DIAZ-RECIO LORENZO, SABINE GOLLNER: Origin of deep-sea hydrothermal vent copepods along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), 25-29 August 2019, Dublin, Ireland

2019      EICHSTELLER, A., BRIX, S., STÖHR, S. AND MARTÌNEZ ARBIZU, P. Associated ophiuroid fauna on cold water corals of the Reykjanes Ridge – an integrative taxonomic approach. Echinoderm Symposium September 2019, Moscow.

2018      TAYLOR, J., LINSE, K., TANDBERG, A.H., KWASNITSCHKA, T:, FRUTOS, I., DEVEY, C., PETERSEN, S., BRIX, S. “MSM75: An Overview – Using a Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Investigate Hydrothermal Vents and Surrounding Areas of the Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland”, Beyond Challenger Meeting, Royal Society London, 12-14th November 2018

 

Poster (national conferences)

2022      Madita Nack, Charles Oliver Coleman, Saskia Brix, Martin Schwentner, Anne-Nina Lörz: Living on sponges: A new amphipod species in the Deep-sea of the North Atlantic CrustTag Kiel April 2022

2020      KARLOTTA KÜRZEL, CAROLIN UHLIR, RUBEN PEREZ PEREZ, JOANA BEJA, LEEN VANDEPITTE, ANNE-NINA LÖRZ, SASKIA BRIX: Making Northern Peracarida (Crustacea) visible through OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System). Annual Meeting of the Society for Biological Systematics (Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, GfBS). 12.-15. February 2020 in Hamburg

2020      EVA PAULUS, MARTIN SCHWENTNER, ANABELLE SIEBERT, SVEN ROSSEL, JANNA PETERS, SASKIA BRIX: Necessity of reliable identification as a baseline for conservation – an isopod case study on the genus Haploniscus Richardson 1908. Annual Meeting of the Society for Biological Systematics (Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, GfBS). 12.-15. February 2020 in Hamburg

2019      BRIX, S, J., LINSE, K., TANDBERG, A.H., KWASNITSCHKA, T., FRUTOS, I., DEVEY, C., PETERSEN, S. TAYLOR,. “MSM75: An Overview – Using a Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Investigate Hydrothermal Vents and Surrounding Areas of the Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland”, 19th CrustTag Munich, March 2018

2019      ANNE-NINA LÖRZ, AH. TANDBERG, I. FRUTOS, J. TAYLOR, S. BRIX: MSM75: An overview – peracarid crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and surrounding areas of the Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland. 19th CrustTag Munich, March 2018

2019      CAROLIN UHLIR, MARTIN SCHWENTNER, SASKIA BRIX: Biogeografische Untersuchung arktischer Cumacea (Malacostraca: Peracarida). 19th CrustTag Munich, March 2018

2017      SASKIA BRIX, NIEL L. BRUCE, NICHOLAS BALFOUR, TERUE C. KIHARA, ALEXANDER M. WEIGAND, SEVAG MEHTERIAN AND THOMAS M. ILIFFE: A new genus for Cirolana troglexuma Botosaneanu & Iliffe, 1997, an anchialine cave dwelling cirolanid isopod (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the Bahamas. 18th CrustTag Berlin April 2017

2011      SCHNURR, S. & S. BRIX: Eugerdella huberti sp. nov. – a new species of Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the deep-sea of the South Atlantic Ocean. CrustTag 2011 (07.-10.04.2011), Regensburg, Deutschland.

2010      BRIX, S., RIEHL, T., JESKULKE, K. DRISKELL, A. Barcoding deep-sea Isopoda. 103. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft (DZG), 17 – 20th September 2010, Hamburg, Germany

2008      BRIX, S. & RIEHL, T.: Steps towards understanding deep-sea evolution. High genetic distances in deep-sea isopod species (Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897). GfBS, Systematics 2008, 07.-11.03.2008, Göttingen, German

2007      BRIX, S & SVAVARSSON, J.: Distribution of Desmosomatidae (Isopoda) at the GIF ridge. 13. Crustaceologen-Tagung, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt a. M., Germany 03/2007.

 

Talks (international conferences)
10 ausgewählte Vorträge international (von insgesamt über 30)

2022 –JAMES TAYLOR, JENNY NEUHAUS, ELHAM KAMYAB, KAI HORST GEORGE, ALEXANDER KIENEKE, KATRIN LINSE, PEDRO MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, MIA SCHUMACHER, SASKIA BRIX: The IceDivA project: Research expeditions and science in the face of Covid-19. Online Tagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, März 2022

2022 – SASKIA BRIX, CHRISTOPH HELD, STEFANIE KAISER, ROBERT M. JENNINGS, AMY DRISKELL & ANGELIKA BRANDT: A long-lasting story: To worm out the secret of „the feet“ of Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897. Online Tagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, März 2022

2022 – Jenny Neuhaus, Saskia Brix, James Taylor, Katrin Linse, Pedro Martínez Arbizu: The Deep-Sea Acorn Barnacle Bathylasma hirsutum (Hoek, 1883): An indicator for Geothermal Activity Along the Reykjanes Ridge? iAtlantic general Assembly, 8. – 15.10.2022, Florianopolis, Brasilien

2021      keynote talk: AMY BACO, REBECCA ROSS, FRANZIS ALTHAUS, DIVA AMON, LINDSAY BEAZLEY, AMELIA BRIDGES, SASKIA BRIX, PAAL BUHL-MORTENSEN, ANA CALACO, MALCOLM R CLARK, CHERISSE DU PREEZ, MEREDITH EVERETT, MARILISE FRANKEN, METTHEW GIANNI, GENOVEVA GONZALEZ-MIRELIS, THOMAS HOURIGAN, KERRY HOWELL, ELLEN KENCHIGTON, LISA A LEVIN, DHUGAL LINDSAY, TINA MOLODTSOVA, NICOLE MORGAN, TELMO MORATO, BEATRIZ MEJIA-MERCADO, DAVID O´SULLIVAN, KARINE OLU, TABITHA PEARMAN, DAVID PRICE, KATLEEN ROBERT, LAURA ROBSON, ASSHLY ROWDEN, JAMES TAYLOR, MICELLE TAYLOR, LISETTE VICTORENO, LES WATLING, ALAN WILLIAMS, JOANA XAVIER, CHRIS YESSON: A Community Consensus on Designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from Imagery: September 12th – 18th Deep Sea Biology Symposium (DSBS) Brest, France: hybrid conference, attendance in person.

2021      SASKIA BRIX, STEFANIE KAISER, ANNE-NINA LÖRZ, MORGANE LE SAOUT, MIA SCHUMACHER, FREDERIK BONK, HRÖNN EGILSDOTTIR, ANNE-HELENE S TANDBERG, JAMES TAYLOR, SIMON TEWES, JOANA R XAVIER, KATRIN LINSE: The Aegir Ridge – a canyon-like structure”. September 12th – 18th Deep Sea Biology Symposium (DSBS) Brest, France: hybrid conference, attendance in person.

2020      – invited talk – iAtlantic general assembly: “The IceAGE project”; March 2020 (online meeting)

2020      – invited talk – SASKIA BRIX: Biodiversity and Connectivity in the abyss. How locomotion influences distribution. International Seabed Authority, DOSI workshop, Kingston, Jamaica

2019      – invited talk – SASKIA BRIX: Treatment of Marine Genetic Resources in the High Seas. 24th August UNCLOS conference. New York (USA).

2018      – invited talk – SASKIA BRIX, KATRIN LINSE, JAMES TAYLOR, ANNE-HELENE TANDBERG, ANNE-NINA LÖRZ, ANGELINA EICHSTELLER, ANNABELLE SIEBERT, MARTIN SCHWENTNER: Case Studies of different crustacean taxa – (species) connectivity and implications for biodiversity. 26th – 31st May 2018 Annual meeting of TCS Hong Kong

2014      – invited talk – SASKIA BRIX: The IceAGE project. 35th Polar Symposium: Diversity and State of Polar Ecosystems. Breslau, Poland, 5-7th June 2014

 

Talks (national conferences)

2022 – Saskia Brix, Christoph Held, Stefanie Kaiser, Robert M. Jennings, Amy Driskell & Angelika Brandt: A long-lasting story: To worm out  the secret of „the feet“ of Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897. CrustTag April 2022, Kiel

2022 – Jenny Neuhaus, James Taylor, Elham Kamyab, Kai Horst George, Alexander Kieneke, Katrin Linse, Pedro Martínez Arbizu, Mia Schumacher, Saskia Brix: The IceDivA project: Research expeditions and science in the face of Covid-19. CrustTag April 2022, Kiel

2020      CAROLIN UHLIR, RALF THIEL, MARTIN SCHWENTNER, KENNETH MELAND, HENRIK GLENNER, JON ANDERS KONGSRUD, ANGELIKA BRANDT, SASKIA BRIX: Diversity of Cumacea (Crustacea; Peracarida) within Northern European Ocean ecoregions. Annual Meeting of the Society for Biological Systematics (Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, GfBS). 12.-15. February 2020 in Hamburg

2019      ANGELINA EICHSTELLER, MARTIN SCHWENTNER, SASKIA BRIX: A new species of Oecidiobranchus Hessler, 1970 at the Iceland-Faroe-Ridge (IFR). 19th CrustTag, Munich, Germany.

2019      ANNABELLE SIEBERT, MARTIN SCHWENTNER, SASKIA BRIX: Haploniscus bicuspis: The exploration of different morphotypes or the discovery of a new species? 19th CrustTag, Munich, Germany.

2018      – invited talk – SASKIA BRIX, ANNE-NINA LÖRZ: The Amphipod Determination Workshop in the framework of “Forschung in Museen”, Volkswagenstiftung Symposium Hannover

2017      SASKIA BRIX, ANNE-NINA LÖRZ: The status quo of the IceAGE project with focus on isopods and amphipods. 18th CrustTag Berlin

2013      SCHNURR, S., A. BRANDT, S. BRIX, M. MALYUTINA, P. MARTINEZ, J. SVAVARSSON: Linking Munnopsidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota) of Icelandic waters to long-term oceanographic data. 16th CrustTag, Greifswald, Germany.

2012      – invited talk – BRIX, S.: Highlights in Isopod Research. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft (DZG) 2012. 20-25th September 2012, Konstanz, Germany

2011      BRIX, S., MEIßNER, K., MARTINEZ, P. (2011) IceAGE: Icelandic marine Animals – Genetics and Ecology. A new project and examples of Icelands Isopod Highlights. 15th CrustTag 2011 (07.-10.04.2011), Regensburg, Deutschland.