Submitted	Borda, E., J.D. Kudenov, C. Bienhold and G. Rouse. accepted. Towards a revised Amphinomidae (Annelida, Amphinomida): description and affinities of a new genus and species from the Nile Deep-sea Fan, Mediterranean Sea. Zoologica Scripta.
	Chipman, L., M. Huettel, P. Berg, V. Meyer, I. Klimant, R.N. Glud and F. Wenzhoefer. submitted. Oxygen optodes as fast sensors for eddy correlation measurements in aquatic systems. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.
	Fischer, J. and K. Koop-Jakobsen. submitted. The Multi Fiber Optode (MuFO): A novel system for simultaneous analysis of multiple fiber optic oxygen sensors. Sensors and Actuators.
	Ionescu, D., C. Siebert, L. Polerecky, Y.Y. Munwes, C. Lott, S. Häusler, M. Bižić-Ionescu, C. Quast, J. Peplies, F.O. Glöckner, A. Ramette, T. Rödiger, T. Dittmar, A. Oren, S. Geyer, H.J. Stärk, M. Sauter, T. Licha, J.B. Laronne and D. de Beer. submitted. Rich microbial communities in and around underwater springs in the Dead Sea. PLoS One.
	Lichtschlag, A., A. Kamyshny Jr., T.G. Ferdelman and D. deBeer. in review. A deep reactive ferric iron source drives side oxidation in the euxinic surface sediments of the Dvurechenskii mud volcano (Black Sea). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
	Propp, C., I. Jänen, F. Wenzhöfer, M. Zabel and T. Jennerjahn. submitted. Variability of benthic ammonium fluxes in the Brantas Estuary, East Java, Indonesia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.
	Sawall, Y., C. Richter and A. Ramette. submitted. Effects of eutrophication, seasonality and macrofouling on the diversity of bacterial biofilms in equatorial coral reefs. PLoS One.
	Schöttner, S., C. Wild, F. Hoffmann, A. Boetius and A. Ramette. accepted. Spatial scales of bacterial diversity in cold-water coral reef ecosystems. PLoS One.
	Sergeeva, N.G., S.A. Mazlumyan, M.N. Çağatay and A. Lichtschlag. submitted. Hypoxic meiobenthic communities of the Istanbul Strait’s (Bosporus) outlet area of the Black Sea. Marine Ecology.

2011	Beck, M., T. Riedel, J. Graue, J. Köster, N. Kowalski, C.S. Wu, G. Wegener, Y. Lipsewers, H. Freund, M.E. Böttcher, H.-J. Brumsack, H. Cypionka, J. Rullkötter and B. Engelen. 2011. Imprint of past and present environmental conditions on microbiology and biogeochemistry of coastal Quaternary sediments. Biogeosciences 8, 55–68.
	Bienhold, C., A. Boetius and A. Ramette. 2011. The energy-diversity relationship of complex bacterial communities in Arctic deep-sea sediments. ISME Journal doi: 10.1038/ismej.2011.140.
	Böggemann, M., C. Bienhold and S.M. Gaudron. 2011. A new species of Glyceridae (Annelida: "Polychaeta") recovered from organic substrate experiments at cold seeps in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biodiversity doi: 10.1007/s12526-011-0091-2.
	Bru, D., A. Ramette, N.P.A. Saby, S. Dequiedt, L. Ranjard, C. Jolivet, D. Arrouays and L. Philippot. 2011. Determinants of the distribution of nitrogen-cycling microbial communities at the landscape scale. ISME Journal 5, 532-542.
	Decker, C., M. Morineaux, S. van Gaever, J.-C. Caprais, A. Lichtschlag#, O. Gauthier, A.C. Andersen, K. Olu. 2011. Habitat heterogeneity influences cold-seep macrofaunal communities within and among seeps along the Norwegian margin. Part 1: macrofaunal community structure. Marine Ecology. Published online: DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00503.x
	Duperron, S., H. Guezi, S.M. Gaudron, P. Pop Ristova, F. Wenzhöfer and A. Boetius. 2011. Relative abundances of methane- and sulphur-oxidising symbionts in the gills of a cold seep mussel and link to their potential energy sources. Geobiology 9, 481-491.
	Girnth, A.-C., S. Grünke, A. Lichtschlag, J. Felden, K. Knittel, F. Wenzhöfer, D. de Beer and A. Boetius. 2011. A novel, mat-forming Thiomargarita population associated with a sulfidic fluid flow from a deep-sea mud volcano. Environmental Microbiology 13, 495-505.
	*Gobet, A., S.I. Böer, S.M. Huse, J.E.E. van Beusekom, C. Quince, M.L. Sogin, A. Boetius and A. Ramette.* 2011. Diversity and dynamics of rare and of resident bacterial populations in coastal sands. ISME Journal doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.132.
	Grünke, S., J. Felden, A. Lichtschlag, A.-C. Girnth, D. de Beer, F. Wenzhöfer and A. Boetius. 2011. Niche differentiation among mat-forming, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria at cold seeps of the Nile Deep Sea Fan (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). Geobiology 9, 330-348.
	Holler, T., G. Wegener, H. Niemann, C. Deusner, T.G. Ferdelman, A. Boetius, B. Brunner and F. Widdel. 2011. Carbon and sulfur back flux during anaerobic microbial oxidation of methane and coupled sulfate reduction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 108, E1484–E1490.
	Holler, T., F. Widdel, K. Knittel, R. Amann, M.Y. Kellermann, K.-U. Hinrichs, A. Teske, A. Boetius and G. Wegener. 2011. Thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane by marine microbial consortia. ISME Journal doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.77.
	Kostadinov, I., R. Kottmann, A. Ramette, J. Waldmann, P.L. Buttigieg and F.O. Glöckner. 2011. Quantifying the effect of environment stability on the transcription factor repertoire of marine microbes. Microbial Informatics and Experimentation 1, 9.
	Ramette, A., M. Frapolli, M. Fischer-Le Saux, C. Gruffaz, J.-M. Meyer, G. Défago, L. Sutra and Y. Moënne-Loccoz. 2011. Pseudomonas protegens sp. nov., widespread plant-protecting bacteria producing the biocontrol compounds 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol and pyoluteorin. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 34,180-188.
	Ritt, B., C. Pierre, O. Gauthier, F. Wenzhöfer, A. Boetius and J. Sarrazin. 2011. Diversity and distribution of cold-seep fauna associated with different geological and environmental settings at mud volcanoes and pockmarks of the Nile Deep-Sea Fan. Marine Biology 158, 1187-1210.
	Rossel, P.E., M. Elvert, A. Ramette, A. Boetius and K.-U. Hinrichs. 2011. Factors controlling the distribution of anaerobic methanotrophic communities in marine environments: Evidence from intact polar membrane lipids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75,164-184.
	Schauer, R., H. Røy, N. Augustin, H.-H. Gennerich, M. Peters, F. Wenzhoefer, R. Amann and A. Meyerdierks. 2011. Bacterial sulfur cycling shapes microbial communities in surface sediments of an ultramafic hydrothermal vent field. Environmental Microbiology 13, 2633-2648.
	Schneider von Deimling, J., G. Rehder, J. Greinert, D.F. McGinnnis, A. Boetius and P. Linke. 2011. Quantification of seep-related methane gas emissions at Tommeliten, North Sea. Continental Shelf Research 31, 867-878.
	*Schöttner, S., B. Pfitzner, S. Grünke, M. Rasheed, C. Wild and A. Ramette.* 2011. Drivers of bacterial diversity dynamics in permeable carbonate and silicate coral reef sands from the Red Sea. Environmental Microbiology 13, 1815-1826.
	Schubert, C.J., F. Vazquez, T. Lösekann-Behrens, K. Knittel, M. Tonolla and A. Boetius. 2011. Evidence for anaerobic oxidation of methane in sediments of a freshwater system (Lago di Cadagno). FEMS Microbiology Ecology 76, 26-38.
	Zielinski, F.U., H.-H. Gennerich, C. Borowski, F. Wenzhöfer and N. Dubilier. 2011. In situ measurements of hydrogen sulfide, oxygen, and temperature in diffuse fluids of an ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal vent field (Logatchev, 14°45’N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Implications for chemosymbiotic bathymodiolin mussels. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 12, Q0AE04.
	*Zinger, L., L.A. Amaral-Zettler, J.A. Fuhrman, M.C. Horner-Devine, S.M. Huse, D.B. Mark Welch, J.B.H. Martiny, M. Sogin, A. Boetius and A. Ramette.** 2011. Global patterns of bacterial beta-diversity in seafloor and seawater ecosystems. PLoS ONE 6, e24570.
	*Zinger, L., A. Gobet* and T. Pommier.** 2011. Two decades of describing the unseen majority of aquatic microbial diversity. Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05362.x.

2010	Alonso, C., P. Gómez-Pereira, A. Ramette, L. Ortega, B.M. Fuchs and R. Amann. 2010. Multilevel analysis of the bacterial diversity along the environmental gradient Río de la Plata-South Atlantic Ocean. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 61, 57–72.
	Aquilina, A., N.J. Knab, K. Knittel, G. Kaur, A. Geissler, S.P. Kelly, H. Fossing, C.S. Boot, R.J. Parkes, R.A. Mills, A. Boetius, J.R. Lloyd and R.D. Pancost. 2010. Biomarker indicators for anaerobic oxidizers of methane in brackish-marine sediments with diffusive methane fluxes. Organic Geochemistry 41, 414-426.
	Bru, D., A. Ramette, N.P.A. Saby, S. Dequiedt, L. Ranjard, C. Jolivet, D. Arrouays and L. Philippot. 2010. Determinants of the distribution of nitrogen-cycling microbial communities at the landscape-scale. ISME Journal 5, 532-542.
	Dale, A.W., S. Sommer, M. Haeckel, K. Wallmann, P. Linke, G. Wegener and O. Pfannkuche. 2010. Pathways and regulation of carbon, sulfur and energy transfer in marine sediments overlying methane gas hydrates on the Opouawe Bank (New Zealand). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, 5763-5784.
	*Dunker, R., H. Røy and B.B. Jørgensen.** 2010. Temperature regulation of gliding motility in filamentous sulfur bacteria, Beggiatoa spp. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 73, 234-242.
	Felden, J., F. Wenzhöfer, T. Feseker and A. Boetius. 2010. Transport and consumption of oxygen and methane in different habitats of the Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano (HMMV). Limnology and Oceanography 55, 2366-2380.
	Fischer, J.P. and F. Wenzhöfer. 2010. A novel planar optode setup for concurrent oxygen and light field imaging: Application to a benthic phototrophic community. Limnology and Oceanography Methods 8, 254-268.
	Gobet, A., C. Quince and A. Ramette. 2010. Multivariate Cutoff Analysis (MultiCoLA) of large community datasets. Nucleic Acids Research 38, e155.
	Grünke, S., A. Lichtschlag, D. de Beer, M. Kuypers, T. Lösekann-Behrens, A. Ramette and A. Boetius. 2010. Novel observations of Thiobacterium, a sulfur-storing Gammaproteobacterium producing gelatinous mats. ISME Journal 4, 1031-1043.
	Jessen#, G.L., S. Pantoja, M.A. Gutiérrez, R.A. Quiñones, R.R. González, J. Sellanes, M.Y. Kellermann and K.-U. Hinrichs. 2010. Methane in shallow cold seeps at Mocha Island off central Chile. Continental Shelf Research, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.12.012.
	Jørgensen, B.B., R. Dunker, S. Grünke and H. Røy. 2010. Filamentous sulfur bacteria, Beggiatoa spp., in arctic marine sediments (Svalbard, 79°N). FEMS Microbiology Ecology 73, 500-513.
	*Joye, S.B., M.W. Bowles, V.A. Samarkin, K.S. Hunter and H. Niemann.** 2010. Biogeochemical signatures and microbial activity of different cold-seep habitats along the Gulf of Mexico deep slope. Deep Sea Research II 57, 1990-2001.
	Knief, C., A. Ramette, L. Frances, C. Alonso-Blanco and J.A. Vorholt. 2010. Site and plant species are important determinants of the Methylobacterium community composition in the plant phyllosphere. ISME Journal 4, 719–728.
	Koop-Jakobsen, K.# and A.E. Giblin. 2010. The effect of increased nitrate loading on nitrate reduction via denitrification and DNRA in salt marsh sediments. Limnology and Oceanography 55, 789-802.
	Lichtschlag, A., J. Felden, V. Brüchert, A. Boetius and D. de Beer. 2010. Geochemical processes and chemosynthetic primary production in different thiotrophic mats of the Håkon Mosby mud volcano (Barents Sea). Limnology and Oceanography 55, 931-949.
	Lichtschlag, A., J. Felden, F. Wenzhöfer, F. Schubotz, T. Ertefai, A. Boetius and D. de Beer. 2010. Methane and sulfide fluxes in permanent anoxia: In situ studies at the Dvurechenskii mud volcano (Sorokin Trough, Black Sea). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, 5002-5018.
	Lombard, F., D. Eloire, A. Gobet#, L. Stemmann, J.R. Dolan, A. Sciandra and G. Gorsky. 2010. Experimental and modeling evidence of appendicularian-ciliate interactions. Limnology and Oceanography 55, 77-90.
	*López-López, A., P. Yarza, M. Richter, A. Suárez-Suárez, J. Antón, H. Niemann and R. Rosselló-Móra.** 2010. Extremely halophilic microbial communities in anaerobic sediments from a solar saltern. Environmental Microbiology Reports 2, 258-271.
	Mau#, S., M.B. Heintz, F.S. Kinnaman and D.L. Valentine. 2010. Compositional variability and air-sea flux of ethane and propane in the plume of a large, marine seep field near Coal Oil Point, CA. Special Issue Proceedings of the 9th International Conference in Marine Sediments, Geo-Marine Letters 30, 367-378.
	Meziti, A., A. Ramette, E. Mente and K. Kormas. 2010. Temporal shifts of the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) gut bacterial communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 74, 472–484.
	Orcutt, B.N., S.B. Joye, S. Kleindienst, K. Knittel, A. Ramette, A. Reitz, V. Samarkin, T. Treude and A. Boetius. 2010. Impact of natural oil and higher hydrocarbons on microbial diversity, distribution and activity in Gulf of Mexico cold-seep sediments. Deep-Sea Research II 57, 2008–2021.
	Petersen, J.M., A. Ramette, C. Lott, M.A. Cambon-Bonavita, M. Zbinden and N. Dubilier. 2010. Dual symbiosis of the vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata with filamentous gamma- and epsilonproteobacteria at four Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent fields. Environmental Microbiology 12, 2204–2218.
	Santillano, D., A. Boetius and A. Ramette. 2010. Improved dsrA-based Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism analysis of sulfate-reducing bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76, 5308-5311.
	Sauvadet, A.L., A. Gobet# and L. Guillou. 2010. Comparative analysis between protist communities from the deep-sea pelagic ecosystem and specific deep hydrothermal habitats. Environmental Microbiology 12, 2946-2964.
	Schauer, R., C. Bienhold, A. Ramette and J. Harder. 2010. Bacterial diversity and biogeography in deep-sea surface sediments of the South Atlantic Ocean. ISME Journal 4, 159–170.
	Schläppy, M.L., S. Schöttner, G. Lavik, M.M.M. Kuypers, D. de Beer and F. Hoffmann. 2010. Evidence of nitrification and denitrification in high and low microbial abundance sponges. Marine Biology 157, 593-602.
	*Sommer, S., P. Linke, O. Pfannkuche, H. Niemann and T. Treude.* 2010. Benthic respiration in a seep habitat dominated by dense beds of ampharetid polychaetes at the Hikurangi Margin (New Zealand). Marine Geology 272, 223-232.
	Verna, C., A. Ramette, H. Wiklund, T.G. Dahlgren, A.G. Glover, F. Gaill and N. Dubilier. 2010. High symbiont diversity in the bone-eating worm Osedax mucofloris from shallow whale-falls in the North Atlantic. Environmental Microbiology 12, 2355– 2370.
	Wei, C.-L., G.T. Rowe, E. Escobar-Briones, A. Boetius, T. Soltwedel, M.J. Caley, Y. Soliman, F. Huettmann, F. Qu, Z. Yu, C.R. Pitcher, R.L. Haedrich, M.K. Wicksten, M.A. Rex, J.G. Baguley, J. Sharma, R. Danovaro, I.R. MacDonald, C.C. Nunnally, J.W. Deming, P. Montagna, M. Lévesque, J.M. Weslawski, M. Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, B.S. Ingole, B.J. Bett, D.S.M. Billett, A. Yool, B.A. Bluhm, K. Iken and B.E. Narayanaswamy. 2010. Global patterns and predictions of seafloor biomass using Random Forests. PLoS ONE 5, e15323.

2009	Berg, P., R.N. Glud, A. Hume, H. Stahl, K. Oguri, V. Meyer and H. Kitazato (2009). Eddy correlation measurements of oxygen uptake in deep ocean sediments. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods 7, 576-584.
	Böer, S.I., C. Arnosti, J.E.E. van Beusekom and A. Boetius (2009). Temporal variations in microbial activities and carbon turnover in subtidal sandy sediments. Biogeosciences 6, 1149-1165.
	Böer, S.I., S.I.C. Hedtkamp, J.E.E. van Beusekom, J.A. Fuhrman, A. Boetius and A. Ramette (2009). Time- and sediment depth-related variations in bacterial diversity and community structure in subtidal sands. The ISME Journal 3, 780-791.
	Boetius, A. and F. Wenzhöfer (2009). In situ technologies for studying deep-sea hotspot ecosystems. Oceanography 22, 177-177.
	Cambon-Bonavita, M.A., T. Nadalig, E. Roussel, E. Delage, S. Duperron, J.C. Caprais, A. Boetius and M. Sibuet (2009). Diversity and distribution of methane-oxidizing microbial communities associated with different faunal assemblages in a giant pockmark of the Gabon continental margin. Deep-Sea Research II 56, 2248-2258.
	D'Hondt, S., A.J. Spivack, R. Pockalny, T.G. Ferdelman, J.P. Fischer, J. Kallmeyer, L.J. Abrams, D.C. Smith, D. Graham, F. Hasiuk, H. Schrum and A.M. Stancin (2009). Subseafloor sedimentary life in the South Pacific Gyre. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106, 11651-11656.
	Duperron, S., D. de Beer, M. Zbinden, A. Boetius, V. Schipani, N. Kahil and F. Gaill (2009). Molecular characterization of bacteria associated with the trophosome and the tube of Lamellibrachia sp., a siboglinid annelid from cold seeps in the eastern Mediterranean. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 69, 395-409.
	Fischer, J.P., T.G. Ferdelman, S. D'Hondt, H. Røy and F. Wenzhöfer (2009). Oxygen penetration deep into the sediment of the South Pacific gyre. Biogeosciences 6, 1467-1478.
	Foucher, J.P., G.K. Westbrook, A. Boetius, S. Ceramicola, S. Dupré, J. Mascle, J. Mienert, O. Pfannkuche, C. Pierre and D. Praeg (2009). Structure and drivers of cold seep ecosystems. Oceanography 22, 92-109.
	Glud, R.N., H. Stahl, P. Berg, F. Wenzhöfer, K. Oguri and H. Kitazato (2009). In situ microscale variation in distribution and consumption of O-2: A case study from a deep ocean margin sediment (Sagami Bay, Japan). Limnology and Oceanography 54, 1-12.
	Glud, R.N., B. Thamdrup, H. Stahl, F. Wenzhöfer, A. Glud, H. Nomaki, K. Oguri, N.P. Revsbech and H. Kitazato (2009). Nitrogen cycling in a deep ocean margin sediment (Sagami Bay, Japan). Limnology and Oceanography 54, 723-734.
	Hoffmann, F., R. Radax, D. Woebken, M. Holtappels, G. Lavik, H.T. Rapp, M.-L. Schläppy, C. Schleper and M.M.M. Kuypers (2009). Complex nitrogen cycling in the sponge Geodia barretti. Environmental Microbiology 11, 2228-2243.
	Holler, T., G. Wegener, K. Knittel, A. Boetius, B. Brunner, M. Kuypers and F. Widdel (2009). Substantial 13C/12C and D/H fractionation during anaerobic oxidation of methane by marine consortia enriched in vitro. Environmental Microbiology Reports 1, 370-376.
	Huguen, C., J.P. Foucher, J. Mascle, H. Ondréas, M. Thouement, S. Gontharet, A. Stadnitskaia, C. Pierre, G. Bayon, L. Loncke, A. Boetius, I. Bouloubassi, G. de Lange, J.C. Caprais, Y. Fouquet, J. Woodside, S. Dupré and the NAUTINIL Scientific Party (2009). Menes caldera, a highly active site of brine seepage in the Eastern Mediterranean sea: "In situ" observations from the NAUTINIL expedition (2003). Marine Geology 261, 138-152.
	Jansen, S., E. Walpersdorf, U. Werner, M. Billerbeck, M.E. Böttcher and D. de Beer (2009). Functioning of intertidal flats inferred from temporal and spatial dynamics of O2, H2S and pH in their surface sediment. Ocean Dynamics 59, 317-332.
	Kanzog, C. and A. Ramette (2009). Microbial colonisation of artificial and deep-sea sediments in the Arctic Ocean. Marine Ecology 30, 391-404.
	Knittel, K. and A. Boetius (2009). Anaerobic oxidation of methane: progress with an unknown process. Annual Review of Microbiology 63, 311-334.
	López-López, A., P. Yarza, M. Richter, A. Suárez-Suárez, H. Niemann, J. Antón and R. Rosselló-Móra (2009). Extremely halophilic microbial communities in anaerobic sediments from a solar saltern. Environmental Microbiology Reports, doi 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00108.x.
	Naumann, M.S., C. Richter, M. el-Zibdah and C. Wild (2009). Coral mucus as an efficient trap for picoplanktonic cyanobacteria -implications for pelagic-benthic coupling in the reef ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series 385, 65-76.
	Niemann, H., D. Fischer, D. Graffe, K. Knittel, A. Montiel, O. Heilmayer, K. Nöthen, T. Pape, S. Kasten, G. Bohrmann, A. Boetius and J. Gutt (2009). Biogeochemistry of a low-activity cold seep in the Larsen B area, western Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Biogeosciences 6, 2383-2395.
	Omoregie, E.O., H. Niemann, V. Mastalerz, G.J. de Lange, A. Stadnitskaia, J. Mascle, J.-P. Foucher and A. Boetius (2009). Microbial methane oxidation and sulfate reduction at cold seeps of the deep Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Geology 261, 114-127.
	Ramette, A. (2009). Quantitative community fingerprinting methods for estimating the abundance of operational taxonomic units in natural microbial communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75, 2495-2505.
	Ramette, A., J.M. Tiedje and A. Boetius (2009). Impact of space, time and complex environments on microbial communities. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 15, 60-62.
	Røy, H., K. Vopel, M. Huettel and B.B. Jørgensen (2009). Sulfide assimilation by ectosymbionts of the sessile ciliate, Zoothamnium niveum. Marine Biology 156, 669-677.
	Schläppy, M.L., S.I. Schöttner, G. Lavik, M.M.M. Kuypers, D. de Beer and F. Hoffmann (2009). Evidence of nitrification and denitrification in high and low microbial abundance sponges. Marine Biology, doi 10.1007/s00227-009-1344-5.
	Schöttner, S., F. Hoffmann, C. Wild, H.T. Rapp, A. Boetius and A. Ramette (2009). Inter- and intra- habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals. The ISME Journal 3, 756-759.
	Sweetman, A.K., S. Sommer, O. Pfannkuche and U. Witte (2009). Retarded response by macrofauna-size foraminifera to phytodetritus in a deep Norwegian fjord. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 39, 15-22.
	Treude, T., C.R. Smith, F. Wenzhöfer, E. Carney, A.F. Bernardino, A.K. Hannides, M. Krüger and A. Boetius (2009). Biogeochemistry of a deep-sea whale fall: sulfate reduction, sulfide efflux and methanogenesis. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 382, 1-21.
	Vanreusel, A., A.C. Andersen, A. Boetius, D. Connelly, M.R. Cunha, C. Decker, A. Hilario, K.A. Kormas, L. Maignien, K. Olu, M. Pachiadaki, B. Ritt, C. Rodrigues, J. Sarrazin, P. Tyler, S. van Gaever and H. Vanneste (2009). Biodiversity of cold seep ecosystems along the European margins. Oceanography 22, 110-127.
	Weaver, P.P.E., A. Boetius, R. Danovaro, A. Freiwald, V. Gunn, S. Heussner, T. Morato, I. Schewe and S. van den Hove (2009). The future of integrated deep-sea research in Europe The HERMIONE Project. Oceanography 22, 178-191.
	Wegener, G. and A. Boetius (2009). An experimental study on short-term changes in the anaerobic oxidation of methane in response to varying methane and sulfate fluxes. Biogeosciences 6, 867–876.
	Wehrmann, L.M., N.J. Knab, H. Pirlet, V. Unnithan, C. Wild and T.G. Ferdelman (2009). Carbon mineralization and carbonate preservation in modern cold-water coral reef sediments on the Norwegian shelf. Biogeosciences 6, 663-680.
	Wild, C., L.M. Wehrmann, C. Mayr, S.I. Schöttner, E. Allers und T. Lundälv (2009). Microbial degradation of cold water coral-derived organic matter – potential implication for organic C cycling in the water column above Tisler Reef. Aquatic Biology 7, 71-80.
	Zhao, S., A. Ramette, G.L. Niu, H. Liu and N.Y. Zhou (2009). Effects of nitrobenzene contamination and of bioaugmentation on nitrification and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in soil. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 70, 159-167.

2008	Allers, E., C. Niesner, C. Wild, and J. Pernthaler (2008). Microbes enriched in seawater after addition of coral mucus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:3274-3278.
	Amaral-Zettler, L., J. Peplies, A. Ramette, B. Fuchs, W. Ludwig, and F. O. Glöckner (2008). Proceedings of the international workshop on Ribosomal RNA technology, April 7–9, 2008, Bremen, Germany. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 31:258-268.
	Bacher, A., L. Polerecky, J.P. Fischer, K. Vamvakopoulos, D. de Beer und H. Jonkers (2008) Two-dimensional mapping of photopigments distribution and activity of Chloroflexus-like bacteria in a hypersaline microbial mat. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 65, 434-448.
	Bayer, K., A. Siegl, S. Schmitt, F. Hoffmann, and U. Hentschel (2008). Unravelling microbial diversity and metabolism in marine sponges. Nova Acta Leopoldina 96: 71-78.
	Dupré, S., G. Buffet, J. Mascle, J.-P. Foucher, S. Gauger, A. Boetius, C. Marfia, the AsterX Team, the Quest ROV Team und the BIONIL Scientific Party (2008). High-resolution mapping of large gas emitting mud volcanoes on the Egyptian continental margin (Nile Deep Sea Fan) by AUV surveys. Marine Geophysical Researches 29, 275-290.
	Elvert, M., and H. Niemann (2008). Unsual steroid and hopanoid biosynthesis by aerobic methanotrophs at an active methane-seeping mud volcano. Org. Geochem. 39:167-177.
	Engelen, B., K. Ziegelmüller, L. Wolf, B. Köpke, A. Gittel, T. Treude, S. Nakagawa, F. Inagaki, M. A. Lever, B. O. Steinsbu, and H. Cypionka (2008). Fluids from the oceanic crust support microbial activities within the deep biosphere. Geomicrobiol. J. 25:56-66.
	Evrard, V., P. L. M. Cook, B. Veuger, M. Huettel, and J. J. Middelburg (2008). Tracing incorporation and pathways of carbon and nitrogen in microbial communities of photic subtidal sands. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 53:257-269.
	Hoffmann, F., H. Røy, K. Bayer, U. Hentschel, M. Pfannkuchen, F. Brümmer, and D. de Beer (2008). Oxygen dynamics and transport in the Mediterranean sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Mar. Biol. 153:1257-1264.
	Jacobs, J. L., A. C. Fasi, A. Ramette, J. J. Smith, R. Hammerschmidt, and G. W. Sundin (2008). Identification and onion pathogenicity of Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates from the onion rhizosphere and onion field soil. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:3121-3129.
	Kamp, A., H. Røy, and H. N. Schulz-Vogt (2008). Video-supported analysis of Beggiatoa filament growth, breakage, and movement. Microb. Ecol. 56:484-491.
	Kanzog C., A. Ramette, N. V. Quéric, and M. Klages (2008). Response of benthic microbial communities to chitin enrichment: an in situ study in the deep Arctic Ocean. Polar Biol. 32:105-112.
	Le Gall, F., F. Rigaut-Jalabert, D. Marie, L. Garczareck, M. Viprey, A. Godet, and D. Vaulot (2008). Picoplankton diversity in the South-East Pacific Ocean from cultures. Biogeosciences 5:203-214.
	Lösekann, T., A. Robador, H. Niemann, K. Knittel, A. Boetius, and N. Dubilier (2008). Endosymbioses between bacteria and deep-sea siboglinid tubeworms from an Arctic cold seep (Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano, Barents Sea). Environ. Microbiol. 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01712.x
	Niemann, H., and M. Elvert (2008). Diagnostic lipid biomarker and stable carbon isotope signatures of microbial communities mediating the anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulphate. Org. Geochem. 39:1668-1677.
	Omoregie, E. O., V. Mastalerz, G. de Lange, K. L. Straub, A. Kappler, H. Røy, A. Stadnitskaia, J. Foucher, and A. Boetius (2008). Biogeochemistry and community composition of iron- and sulfur-precipitating microbial mats at the Chefren Mud Volcano (Nile Deep Sea Fan, Eastern Mediterranean) Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:3198-3215.
	Orcutt, B., V. Samarkin, A. Boetius, and S. Joye (2008). On the relationship between methane production and oxidation by anaerobic methanotrophic communities from cold seeps of the Gulf of Mexico. Environ. Microbiol. 10:1108–1117.
	Rossel, P. E., J. S. Lipp, H. F. Fredricks, J. A. Arnds, A. Boetius, M. Elvert, and K.-U. Hinrichs (2008). Intact polar lipids of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea and associated bacteria. Org. Geochem. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.02.021
	Røy, H., J. S. Lee, S. Jansen, and D. de Beer (2008). Tide-driven deep pore¬water flow in intertidal sand flats. Limnol. Oceanogr. 53:1521-1530.
	Sweetman, A. K., and U. Witte (2008). Response of an abyssal macrofaunal community to a phytodetrital pulse. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 355:73-84.
	Sweetman, A. K., and U. Witte (2008). Macrofaunal response to phytodetritus in a bathyal Norwegian fjord. Deep-Sea Res. I 55:1503-1514.
	Wegener, G., H. Niemann, M. Elvert, K.-U. Hinrichs, and A. Boetius (2008). Assimilation of methane and inorganic carbon by microbial communities mediating the anaerobic oxidation of methane. Environ. Microbiol. 10:2287-2298.
	Wegener, G., M. Shovitri, K. Knittel, H. Niemann, M. Hovland, and A. Boetius (2008). Biogeochemical processes and microbial diversity of the Gullfaks and Tommeliten methane seeps (Northern North Sea). Biogeosciences. 5:1127–1144.
	Wild, C., C. Mayr, L. M. Wehrmann, S. Schöttner, M. Naumann, F. Hoffmann, and H. T. Rapp (2008). Organic matter release by cold water corals and its implication for fauna-microbe interaction. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 372:67-75.

2007	Bachar, A., E. Omoregie, R. de Wit, and H. Jonkers (2007). Diversity and function of Chloroflexus-like bacteria in a hypersaline microbial mat: phylogenetic characterization and impact on oxygen cycling. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73 :3975-3983.
	Berg, P., H. Røy, and P. Wiberg (2007). Eddy correlation flux measurements – the sediment surface area that contributes to the flux. Limnol. Oceanogr. 52:1672–1684.
	Billerbeck, M., H. Røy, K. Bosselmann, and M. Huettel (2007). Benthic photosynthesis in submerged Wadden Sea intertidal flats. Estuar. Coast. Shelf S. 71:704-716.
	Cook, P., F. Wenzhöfer, F. Janssen, R. N. Glud, and M. Huettel (2007). Benthic solute exchange and carbon mineralization in two shallow subtidal sandy sediments: Effect of advective pore-water exchange. Limnol. Oceanogr. 52:1943–1963.
	Cook, P. L. M., B. Veuger, S. Böer, and J. J. Middelburg (2007). Effect of nutrient availability on carbon and nitrogen incorporation and flows through benthic algae and bacteria in near shore sandy sediment: A mesoscosm pulse chase experiment. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 49: 165-180.
	Dupré, S., J. M. Woodside, J. P. Foucher, G. de Lange, J. Mascle, A. Boetius, V. Mastalerz, A. Stadnitskaia, H. Ondréas, C. Huguen, H. Harmégnies, S. Gontharet, L. Loncke, E. Deville, H. Niemann, E. Omoregie, K. Olu-Le Roy, A. Fiala-Médioni, A. Dählmann, J. C. Caprais, A. Prinzhofer, M. Sibuet, C. Pierre, J. Sinninghe Damsté, and the NAUTINIL Scientific Party (2007). Seafloor geological studies above active gas chimneys off Egypt (Central Nile Deep Sea Fan). Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I. 54:1146-1172.
	Edgcomb, V. P., S. J. Molyneaux, S. Böer, C. O. Wirsen, M. Saito, M. S. Atkins, K. Lloyd, and A. Teske (2007). Survival and growth of two heterotrophic hydrothermal vent archaea, Pyrococcus strain GB-D and Thermococcus fumicolans under low pH and high sulfide concentrations in combination with high temperature and pressure regimes. Extremophiles. 11:329-342.
	Huettel, M., P. L. M. Cook, F. Janssen, G. Lavik, and J. J. Middelburg (2007). Transport and degradation of a dinoflagellate algal bloom in a permeable sandy sediment. Mar. Ecol-Prog. Ser. 340:139-153.
	Jørgensen, B. B., and A. Boetius (2007). Feast and famine – microbial life in the deep-sea bed. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 5:770-781.
	Le Gall, F., F. Rigaut-Jalabert, D. Marie, L. Garczareck, M. Viprey, A. Gobet, and D. Vaulot (2007). Picoplankton diversity in the South-East Pacific Ocean from cultures. Biogeosciences Discussions. 4:2699-2732.
	Lösekann, T., K. Knittel, T. Nadalig, B. Fuchs, H. Niemann, A. Boetius, and R. Amann (2007). Diversity and abundance of aerobic and anaerobic methane oxidizers at the Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano, Barents Sea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:3348-3362.
	Meysman, F. J. R., O. S. Galaktionov, P. L. M. Cook, F. Janssen, M. Huettel, and J. J. Middelburg (2007). Quantifying biologically and physically induced flow and tracer dynamics in permeable sediments. Biogeosciences 4:627-646.
	Nauhaus, K., M. Albrecht, M. Elvert, A. Boetius, and F. Widdel (2007). In Vitro cell growth of marine archaeal-bacterial consortia by anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulphate. Environ. Microbiol. 9:187–196.
	Preisler, A., D. deBeer, A. Lichtschlag, G. Larvik, A. Boetius, and B. Joergensen (2007). Biological and chemical sulfide oxidation in a Beggiatoa inhabitated sediment. ISME Journal 4: 341-353.
	Ramette, A. (2007). Multivariate analyses in microbial ecology. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 62:142-160.
	Ramette, A., and J. M. Tiedje (2007). Biogeography: an emerging cornerstone for understanding prokaryotic diversity, ecology, and evolution. Microb. Ecol. 53:197-207.
	Ramette, A., and J. M. Tiedje (2007). Multiscale responses of microbial life to spatial distance and environmental heterogeneity in a patchy ecosystem. P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 104:2761-2766.
	Roberts, H., R. Carney, M. Kupchik, C. Fischer, K. Nelson, E. Becker, L. Goehring, G. Lessard-Pilon, G. Telesnicki, B. Bernard, J. Brooks, M. Bright, E. Cordes, S. Hourdez, J. Hunt Jr., W. Shedd, G. Boland, S. Joye, V. Samarkin, M. Bernier, M. Bowles, I. McDonald, H. Niemann, C. Petersen, C. Morrison, and J. Potter (2007). Alvin explores the deep northern Gulf of Mexico slope. EOS. 88:341-348.
	Schläppy, M.-L., F. Hoffmann, H. Røy, R. H. Wijffels, D. Mendola, M. Sidri, and D. deBeer (2007). Oxygen dynamics and flow patterns of Dysidea avara (Porifera: Demospongiae). J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 87: 1677-1682.
	Treude, T., V. Orphan, K. Knittel, A. Gieseke, and A. Boetius (2007). Consumption of methane and CO2 by methanotrophic microbial mats from gas seeps of the anoxic Black Sea. Appl. Environ. Microb. 73:2271-2283.

2006	Alain, K., T. Holler, F. Musat, M. Elvert, T. Treude, and M. Krüger (2006). Microbiological investigation of methane- and hydrocarbon-discharging mud volcanoes in the sub-Carpathes, Romania. Environ. Microbiol. 8:574-590.
	Billerbeck, M., U. Werner, K. Bosselmann, E. Walpersdorf, and M. Huettel (2006). Nutrient release from an exposed intertidal sand flat. Mar. Ecol-Prog. Ser. 316:35-51.
	Billerbeck, M., U. Werner, L. Polerecky, E. Walpersdorf, D. de Beer, and M. Huettel (2006). Surficial and deep pore water circulation governs spatial and temporal scales of nutrient recycling in intertidal sand flat sediment. Mar. Ecol-Prog. Ser. 326:61-76.
	Cook, P. L. M., and H. Røy (2006). Advective relief of CO2 limitation in microphytobenthos in highly productive sandy sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51:1594-1601.
	Cook, P. L. M., F. Wenzhöfer, S. Rysgaard, O. S. Galaktionov, F. J. R. Meysman, B. D. Eyre, J. C. Cornwell, M. Huettel, and R. N. Glud (2006). Quantification of denitrification in permeable sediments: Insights from a two dimensional simulation analysis and experimental data. Limnol. Oceanogr.-Meth. 4:294-307.
	de Beer, D., E. Sauter, H. Niemann, U. Witte, and A. Boetius (2006). In situ fluxes and zonation of microbial activity in surface sediments of the Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51:1315-1331.
	Hoffmann, F., H. T. Rapp, and J. Reitner (2006). Monitoring microbial community composition by fluorescence in situ hybridisation during cultivation of the marine cold-water sponge Geodia barretti. Mar. Biotechnol. 8:373-379.
	Huettel, M., C. Wild, and S. Gonelli (2006). Mucus trap in coral reefs: formation and temporal evolution of particle aggregates caused by coral mucus. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 307:69-84.
	Ianora, A., M. Boersma, R. Casotti, A. Fontana, J. Harder, F. Hoffmann, H. Pavia, S. A. Poulet, and G. Toth (2006). New trends in marine chemical ecology. Estuaries Coasts. 29:531-551.
	Inagaki, F., M. M. M. Kuypers, U. Tsunogai, J. Ishibashi, K. Nakamura, T. Treude, S. Ohkubo, M. Nakaseama, K. Gena, H. Chiba, H. Hirayama, T. Nunoura, K. Takai, B. B. Jørgensen, K. Horikoshi, and A. Boetius (2006). Microbial community in a sediment-hosted CO2 lake of the southern Okinawa Trough hydrothermal system. P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 103:14164-14169.
	Konstantinidis, K., A. Ramette, and J. M. Tiedje (2006). Toward a more robust assessment of intra-species diversity using fewer genetic markers. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:7286-7293.
	Konstantinidis, K.T., A. Ramette, and J. M. Tiedje (2006). The bacterial species definition in the genomic era. Philos. T. Roy. Soc. B. 361:1929-40.
	Middelboe, M., R. N. Glud, F. Wenzhöfer, K. Oguri, and H. Kitazato (2006). Spatial distribution and activity of viruses in the deep-sea sediments of Sagami Bay, Japan. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I. 53:1-13.
	Niemann, H., J. Duarte, C. Hensen, E. Omoregie, V. H. Magalhães, M. Elvert, L. M. Pinheiro, A. Kopf, and A. Boetius (2006). Microbial methane turnover at mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz. Geochim. Cosmochim. Ac. 70:5336-5355.
	Niemann, H., T. Lösekann, D. de Beer, M. Elvert, T. Nadalig, K. Knittel, R. Amann, E. J. Sauter, M. Schlüter, M. Klages, J. P. Foucher, and A. Boetius (2006). Novel microbial communities of the Haakon Mosby mud volcano and their role as a methane sink. Nature. 443:854-858.
	Palacios, C., M. Zbinden, A. R. Baco, T. Treude, C. R. Smith, F. Gaill, P. Lebaron, and A. Boetius (2006). Microbial ecology of deep-sea sunken wood: quantitative measurements of bacterial biomass and cellulolytic activities. Cah. Microbiol. Mar. 47:415-420.
	Pape, T., F. Hoffmann, N. V. Quéric, K. von Juterzenka, J. Reitner, and W. Michaelis (2006). Dense populations of Archaea associated with the demosponge Tentorium semisuberites from Arctic deep waters. Polar Biol. 29:662-667.
	Payne, G. W., A. Ramette, H. L. Rose, A. J. Weightman, T. H. Jones, J. M. Tiedje, and E. Mahenthiralingam (2006). Application of a recA gene-based identification approach to the maize rhizosphere reveals novel diversity in Burkholderia species. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 259:126-132.
	Ramette, A., Y. Moënne-Loccoz, and G. Défago (2006). Genetic diversity and biocontrol potential of fluorescent pseudomonads producing phloroglucinols and hydrogen cyanide from Swiss soils naturally suppressive or conducive to Thielaviopsis basicola-mediated black root rot of tobacco. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 55:369-381.
	Rasheed, M., C. Wild, C. Jantzen, and M. Badran (2006). Mineralization of particulate organic matter derived from coral-reef organisms in reef sediments of the Gulf of Aqaba. Chem. Ecol. 22:13-20.
	Rusch, A., M. Huettel, C. Wild, and C. E. Reimers (2006). Benthic oxygen consumption and organic matter turnover in organic-poor, permeable shelf sands. Aquat. Geochem. 12:1-19.
	Sauter, E., S. I. Muyakshin, J. L. Charlou, M. Schlüter, A. Boetius, K. Jerosch, E. Damm, J. P. Foucher, and M. Klages (2006). Methane discharge from a deep-sea submarine mud volcano into the upper water column by gas hydrate-coated methane bubbles. Earth. Planet. Sc. Lett. 243:354-365.
	Werner, U., M. Billerbeck, L. Polerecky, U. Franke, M. Huettel, J. E. E. van Beusekom, and D. de Beer (2006). Spatial and temporal patterns of mineralization rates and oxygen distribution in a permeable intertidal sand flat (Sylt, Germany). Limnol. Oceanogr. 51:2549-2563.
	Werner, U., P. Bird, C. Wild, T. Ferdelman, L. Polerecky, G. Eickert, R. Jonstone, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, and D. de Beer (2006). Spatial patterns of aerobic and anaerobic mineralization rates and oxygen penetration dynamics in coral reef sediments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 309:93-105.
	Wild, C., C. Laforsch, and M. Huettel (2006). Detection and enumeration of microbial cells within highly porous calcareous reef sands. Mar. Freshwater Res. 57:415-420.

2005	Boetius, A. (2005) Microfauna - macrofauna interaction in the seafloor: lessons from the tubeworm. PLOS Biology, 3(3): 0375-0378.
	Boetius, A. (2005). Lost City Life. Science, 307: 1420-1422.
	Buhring, S.I., Elvert, M. and Witte, U. (2005). The microbial community structure of different permeable sandy sediments characterized by the investigation of bacterial fatty acids and fluorescence in situ hybridization. Environmental Microbiology, 7(2): 281-293.
	Glud, R.N., Wenzhöfer, F., Tengberg, A., Middelboe, M., Oguri, K. and Kitazato, H. (2005). Distribution of oxygen in surface sediments from central Sagami Bay, Japan: In situ measurements by microelectrodes and planar optodes. Deep-Sea Research I, 52: 1974-1987.
	Hoffmann, F., Larsen, O., Rapp, H.T. and Osinga, R. (2005). Oxygen dynamics in choanosomal sponge explants. Marine Biology Research, 1: 160-163.
	Hoffmann, F., Larsen, O., Thiel, V., Rapp, H.T., Pape, T., Michaelis, W. and Reitner, J. (2005). An anaerobic world in sponges. Geomicrobiology Journal, 22(1): 1-10.
	Janssen, F., Faerber, P., Huettel, M., Meyer, V. and Witte, U. (2005). Pore-water advection and solute fluxes in permeable marine sediments (I): calibration and performance of the novel benthic chamber system Sandy. Limnology and Oceanography, 50(3): 768-778.
	Janssen, F., Huettel, M. and Witte, U. (2005). Pore-water advection and solute fluxes in permeable marine sediments (II): Benthic respiration at three sandy sites with different permeabilities (German Bight, North Sea). Limnology and Oceanography, 50(3): 779-792.
	Niemann, H., Elvert, M., Hovland, M., Orcutt, B., Judd, A.G., Suck, I., Gutt, J., Joye, S., Damm, E., Finster, K. and Boetius, A. (2005). Methane emission and consumption at a North Sea gas seep (Tommeliten area). Biogeosciences, 2: 335-351.
	Orcutt B, Joye SB, Boetius A, Elvert M, Samarkin V (2005). Molecular biogeochemistry of sulfate reduction, methanogenesis and the anaerobic oxidation of methane at Gulf of Mexico cold seeps. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69, 4267-4281.
	Røy, H., Huettel, M. and Jørgensen, B.B. (2005). The influence of topography on the functional exchange surface of marine soft sediments, assessed from sediment topography measured in situ. Limnol. Oceanogr.,, 50(1): 106–112.
	Tarpgaard I, Boetius A and Finster K (2005) Desulfobacter psychrotolerans sp. nov., a new psychrotolerant sulfate-reducing bacterium and descriptions of its physiological response to temperature changes. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek DOI 10.1007/s10482-005-9014-1
	Treude, T., Knittel, K., Blumenberg, M., Seifert, R. and Boetius, A. (2005). Subsurface microbial methanotrophic mats in the Black Sea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 71(10): 6375-6378.
	Treude, T., Krüger, M., Boetius, A. and Jørgensen, B.B. (2005). Environmental control on anaerobic oxidation of methane in the gassy sediments of Eckernförde Bay (German Baltic). Limnol. Oceanogr., 50,: 1771-1786.
	Treude, T., Niggemann, J., Kallmeyer, J., Wintersteller, P., Schubert, C.J., Boetius, A. and Jørgensen, B.B. (2005). Anaerobic oxidation of methane and sulfate reduction along the Chilean continental margin. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 69((11): 2767-2779.
	Vopel, K., Thistle, D., Ott, J., Bright, M. and Roy, H. (2005). Wave-induced H2S flux sustains a chemoautotrophic symbiosis. Limnology and Oceanography, 50(1): 128-133.
	Wild, C., Rasheed, M., Jantzen, C., Cook, P.L.M., Struck, U., Huettel, M. and Boetius, A. (2005). Benthic metabolism and degradation of natural particulate organic matter in carbonate and silicate reef sands of the northern Red Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 298: 69-78.
	Wild, C., Røy, H. and Huettel, M. (2005). Role of pelletization in mineralization of fine grained coastal sediments. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 291: 23–33,.
	Wild, C., Woyt, H. and Huettel, M. (2005). Influence of coral mucus on nutrient fluxes in carbonate sands. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 287: 87–98.

2004	Boetius A., Suess E. (2004). Hydrate Ridge: A natural laboratory for the study of microbial life fueled by methane from near-surface gas hydrates. Chemical Geology 205, 291-310
	Hensen, C., Pfeifer, K., Wenzhöfer, F., Volbers, A., Schulz, S., Holstein, J., Romero, O. and Seiter, K. (2004). Fluxes at the benthic boundary layer - A global view from the South Atlantic. In: G. Wefer, S. Mulitza and V. Ratmeyer (Editors), The South Atlantic in the late Quaternary. Springer Vgl., Berlin, pp. 401-430.
	Joye, SB, Boetius, A, Orcutt, BN, JP Montoya, Schulz, HN, Erickson, MJ, Lugo S. (2004). The anaerobic oxidation of methane and sulfate reduction in sediments from Gulf of Mexico cold seeps. Chemical Geology 205, 219-238
	Orcutt, BN, Boetius, A, Lugo, S., MacDonald, IR, Samarkin, VA. (2004). Life at the Edge of Methane Ice: Microbial Cycling of Carbon and Sulfur in Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates. Chemical Geology 205, 239-251
	Niemann, H., Richter, C., Jonkers, H.M. and Badran, M. (2004). Red Sea gravity currents cascade near-reef phytoplankton to the twilight zone. MEPS, 269: 91-99.
	Rasheed, M., Wild, C., Franke, U. and Huettel, M. (2004). Benthic photosynthesis and oxygen consumption in permeable carbonate sediments at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 59(1): 139-150.
	Reimers, C.E., Stecher, H.A., Taghon, G.L., Fuller, C.M., Huettel, M., Rusch, A., Ryckelynck, N. and Wild, C. (2004). In Situ Measurements of Advective Solute Transport in permeable Shelf Sands. Continental Shelf Research, 24: 183-201.
	Reimers, C.E., Stecher, I., Hilmar A., Taghon, G.L., Fuller, C.M., Huettel, M., Rusch, A., Ryckelynck, N. and Wild, C. (2004). In situ measurements of advective solute transport in permeable shelf sands. Continental Shelf Research, 24(2): 183-201.
	Røy, H., Huettel, M. and Jørgensen, B.B. (2004). Transmission of oxygen concentration fluctuations through the diffusive boundary layer overlying aquatic sediments. Limnology and Oceanography, 49(3): 686-692.
	Weaver, P., Billet, D.M., Boetius, A., Danovaro, R., Freiwald, A. and Sibuet, M. (2004). Hotspot Ecosystem Research on Europe's Deep-Ocean Margins. Oceanography, 17(4): 49-59.
	Wenzhöfer, F. and Glud, R.N. (2004). Small-scale spatial and temporal variability in coastal benthic O2 dynamics: Effects of fauna activity. Limnology and Oceanography, 49(5): 1471-1481.
	Wild, C., Huettel, M., Klueter, A., Kremb, S.G., Rasheed, M.Y.M. and Jorgensen, B.B. (2004). Coral mucus functions as an energy carrier and particle trap in the reef ecosystem. Nature, 428: 66-70.
	Wild, C., Rasheed, M., Werner, U., Franke, U., Johnstone, R. and Huettel, M. (2004). Degradation and mineralization of coral mucus in reef environments. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 267: 159–171.
	Wild, C., Tollrian, R. and Huettel, M. (2004). Rapid recycling of coral mass-spawning products in permeable reef sediments. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 271: 159–166.

Other publications	Knittel, K. und A. Boetius. 2011. Anaerobic oxidation of methane. In V. Thiel und J. Reitner (eds). “Encyclopedia of Geobiology”. Springer Verlag, pp. 36-47.
	Boetius, A. und H. Boetius. 2011. Das Dunkle Paradies – Entdeckung der Tiefsee. Random House Bertelsmann, pp. 456.
	Amaral-Zettler, L., L.F. Artigas, J. Baross, P.A.L. Bharathi, A. Boetius, D. Chandramohan, G. Herndl, K. Kogure, P. Neal, C. Pedrós-Alió, A. Ramette, S. Schouten, L. Stal, A. Thessen, J. de Leeuw und M. Sogin. 2010. A Global Census of Marine Microbes. In A.D. McIntyre (ed) “Life in the World’s Oceans”. Blackwell Publishing, Part 3 Oceans Present – Global Distributions, pp. 223-245.
	Boetius, A. und K. Knittel. 2010. Habitats of anaerobic methane oxidizers. In K.N. Timmis (ed) “Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology”. Springer Verlag, Part 21 Microbial Communities Based on Hydrocarbons, Oils and Fats: Natural Habitats, pp. 2193-2202.
	Boetius, A. und F. Wenzhöfer. 2010. Methods for the study of cold seep ecosystems. In K.N. Timmis (ed) “Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology”. Springer Verlag, Part 31 Experimental Protocols and Appendices, pp. 3443-3451.
	Fischer, J.P. und T.G. Ferdelman. 2010. Vierzig Tage in der Wasserwüste. Spektrum der Wissenschaft, March 2010, pp. 16-18.
	Knittel, K. und A. Boetius. 2010. Anaerobic Methane Oxidizers. In K.N. Timmis (ed) “Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology”. Springer Verlag, Part 19 The Microbes (6), pp. 2023-2032.
	Niemann, H. und A. Boetius. 2010. Mud volcanoes. In K.N. Timmis (ed) “Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology”. Springer Verlag, Part 3, pp. 205-214.
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Master and PhD Theses	Bienhold, C. 2011. Ph.D. Thesis. Diversity and ecology of bacterial communities at the deep seafloor. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
	Fernandez Mendez, M. 2011. M.Sc. Thesis. Primary productivity of sea ice algae under different environmental conditions. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen / Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven.
	Krukenberg, V. 2011. M.Sc. Thesis. Characterization of thermophilic anaerobic methanotrophy associated with sulfate reduction in Guaymas Basin enrichment cultures. Uni Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
	Gobet, A. 2010. Ph.D. Thesis. Microbial community ecology of temperate coastal sands. Jacobs University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
	Grünke, S. 2010. Ph.D. Thesis. Diversity of mat-forming sulfide-oxidizing bacteria at continental margins. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
	Schöttner, S. 2010. Ph.D. Thesis. Bacterial habitat differentiation in cold- and warm-water coral reef ecosystems. Jacobs University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
	Sonntag, B. 2010. Mikrobielle Deuterierung zur Ermittlung von Methanogeneseraten. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
	Felden, J. 2009. Ph.D. Thesis Methane fluxes and associated biogeochemical processes in cold seep ecosystems. Jacobs University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
	Fischer, J. 2009. Ph.D. Thesis. Oxygen dynamics of marine sediments on different spatial scales. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
	Jacob, M. 2009. M.Sc. Thesis. Development and validation of community fingerprinting tools to analyze microbial diversity in marine sediments. University Bremen / MARMIC International Max Planck Research School.
	Pop Ristova, P. 2009. M.Sc. Thesis. Biogeochemical activity and associated biodiversity at reduced deep sea hot spot ecosystems. University of Bremen / MARMIC International Max Planck Research School.
	Girnth, A.-C. 2008. Diploma Thesis. Diversity of sulfide-oxidizing bacteria at Amon Mud Volcano. Leibniz University Hannover / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
	Böer, S. 2008. Ph.D. Thesis. Investigation of the distribution and activity of benthic microorganisms in coastal habitats. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
	Pfitzner, B. 2008. Diploma Thesis. Microbial Diversity in carbonate and silicate sands of warm-water coral reefs. LMU Munich / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
	Ufkes, J. 2008. Diploma Thesis. Impact of increased CO2 concentration on the structure of microbial communities in marine sediments. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
	Wegener, G. 2008. Ph.D. Thesis. Methane oxidation and carbon assimilation in marine sediments. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
	Braunshausen, A. 2007. Diploma Thesis. Archaea im Arktischen Tiefseeschwamm Tentorium semisuberites. Universität Bochum in cooperation with Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen.
	Meziti, A. 2007. M.Sc. Thesis. Diversity and detection of Archaea in deep-sea sediments. MARMIC.
	Omoregie, E. 2007. Ph.D. Thesis. Function and diversity of marine and hypersaline mat forming microbial communities. MARMIC in cooperation with Jacobs University Bremen.
	Schöttner, S. I. 2007. M.Sc. Thesis. Microbial Habitats in Cold-Water Coral Reef Ecoystems: Exploring Diversity, Structure and Dynamics of Associated Prokaryotic Communities. MPI for Marine Microbiology and University of Bremen
	Sweetman, A. K. 2007. Ph.D. Thesis. Macrofaunal and foraminiferal community structure and their response to simulated phytodetrital food pulses in two contrasting environments.
	Kirf, M. K. 2006. Diploma Thesis. Investigating small scale advective processes at a sandy sediment water interface from a diffusive approach. Universität Oldenburg in cooperation with Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen.
	Niemann, H. 2005 Ph.D. Thesis. Rates and signatures of methane turnover in sediments of continental margins.

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