Pedro Martinez Arbizu is a Professor for Marine Biodiversity at University of Oldenburg in Germany and Head of the German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research at Senckenberg Research Institute. He started his copepodologist career at Prof. Schminke's lab studying groundwater copepods from the Iberian Peninsula. For his PhD he studied the phylogenetic relationships of copepod orders with focus on the relationships of marine Cyclopoida to other copepod orders, suggesting that poecilostomes are a derived branch within Cyclopoida. During the past 20 years he focused his research on marine, specifically deep-sea copepods. He has described with several co-workers and students new species of Platycopioida, Calanoida, Misophrioida, Siphonostomatoida, Cyclopoida and Harpacticoida.
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CeDAMar: Martinez Arbizu, P. Smith, C. R., Keller, S. & Ebbe, B. (Editors). Biogeographic Database of the Census of Abyssal Marine Life. [date accessed]. World Wide Web electronic publication. Available online at http://www.cedamar.org/biogeography, more
ANDEEP-1: Martínez Arbizu, P. & Veit-Köhler, G. (2002). ANDEEP-1: Antarctic deep-sea meiofauna. Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg; Deutsches Zentrum fur Marine Biodiversitätsforschung (DZMB), Germany., more
Rossel, S.; Peters, J.; Charzinski, N.; Eichsteller, A.; Laakmann, S.; Neumann, H.; Martinez Arbizu, P. (2024). A universal tool for marine metazoan species identification: towards best practices in proteomic fingerprinting. NPG Scientific Reports 14(1): 1280. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51235-z
Diaz-Recio Lorenzo, C.; Patel, T.; Arsenault-Pernet, E.-J.; Poitrimol, C.; Jollivet, D.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Gollner, S. (2023). Highly structured populations of deep-sea copepods associated with hydrothermal vents across the Southwest Pacific, despite contrasting life history traits. PLoS One 18(11): e0292525. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292525
Peters, J.; Laakmann, S.; Rossel, S.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Renz, J. (2023). Perspectives of species identification by MALDI‐TOF MS in monitoring - Stability of proteomic fingerprints in marine epipelagic copepods. Mol. Ecol. Resour. 23(5): 1077-1091. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13779
Van den Bulcke, L.; De Backer, A.; Wittoeck, J.; Beentjes, K.; Maes, S.; Christodoulou, M.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Sapkota, R.; van der Hoorn, B.; Winding, A.; Hostens, K.; Derycke, S. (2023). DNA metabarcoding on repeat: sequencing data of marine macrobenthos are reproducible and robust across labs and protocols. Ecol. Indic. 150: 110207. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110207
Jöst, A.B.; Okahashi, H.; Ostmann, A.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Svavarsson, J.; Brix, S.; Yasuhara, M. (2022). Recent deep-sea ostracods of the sub-polar North Atlantic Ocean. Micropaleontology 68(3): 291-343. https://dx.doi.org/10.47894/mpal.68.3.07
Paulus, E.; Brix, S.; Siebert, A.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Rossel, S.; Peters, J.; Svavarsson, J.; Schwentner, M. (2022). Recent speciation and hybridization in Icelandic deep‐sea isopods: An integrative approach using genomics and proteomics. Mol. Ecol. 31(1): 313-330. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16234
Uhlenkott, K.; Simon-Lledó, E.; Vink, A.; Martinez Arbizu, P. (2022). Investigating the benthic megafauna in the eastern Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (north-east Pacific) based on distribution models predicted with random forest. NPG Scientific Reports 12(1): 8229. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12323-0
Brenn, C.; Schröder, U.; Hanel, R.; Martinez Arbizu, P. (2021). A multiplex real-time PCR screening assay for routine species identification of four commercially relevant crustaceans. Food Control 125: 107986. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.107986
Gerdes, K.; Kihara, T.C.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Kuhn, T.; Schwarz-Schampera, U.; Mah, C.; Norenburg, J.; Linley, T.D.; Shalaeva, K.; MacPherson, E.; Gordon, D.; Stöhr, S.; Messing, C.; Bober, S.; Guggolz, T.; Christodoulou, M.; Gebruk, A.; Kremenetskaia, A.; Kroh, A.; Sanamyan, K.; Bolstad, K.; Hoffman, L.; Gooday, A.; Molodtsova, T. (2021). Megafauna of the German exploration licence area for seafloor massive sulphides along the Central and South East Indian Ridge (Indian Ocean). Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e69955. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e69955
Lins, L.; Zeppilli, D.; Menot, L.; Michel, L.N.; Bonifacio, P.; Brandt, M.; Pape, E.; Rossel, S.; Uhlenkott, K.; Macheriotou, L.; Bezerra, T.N.; Sánchez, N.; Alfaro-Lucas, J.M.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Kaiser, S.; Murakami, C.; Vanreusel, A. (2021). Toward a reliable assessment of potential ecological impacts of deep‐sea polymetallic nodule mining on abyssal infauna. Limnol. Oceanogr., Methods 19(9): 626-650. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10448
Mohrbeck, I.; Horton, T.; Jazdzewska, A.M.; Martinez Arbizu, P. (2021). DNA barcoding and cryptic diversity of deep-sea scavenging amphipods in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (Eastern Equatorial Pacific). Mar. Biodiv. 51: 26. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01170-3
Bonifacio, P.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Menot, L. (2020). Alpha and beta diversity patterns of polychaete assemblages across the nodule province of the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (equatorial Pacific). Biogeosciences 17(4): 865-886. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-865-2020
Gollner, S.; Govenar, B.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Mullineaux, L.S.; Mills, S.; Le Bris, N.; Weinbauer, M.; Shank, T.M.; Bright, M. (2020). Animal community dynamics at senescent and active vents at the 9°N East Pacific Rise after a volcanic eruption. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 832. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00832
Stratmann, T.; van Oevelen, D.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Wei, C.L.; Liao, J.-X.; Cusson, M.; Scrosati, R.; Archambault, P.; Snelgrove, P.; Ramey-Balci, P.; Burd, B.J.; Kenchington, E.; Belley, R.; Soetaert, K. (2020). The BenBioDen database, a global database for meio-, macro- and megabenthic biomass and densities. Scientific Data 7: 206. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0551-2
Hauquier, F.; Macheriotou, L.; Bezerra, T.N.; Egho, G.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Vanreusel, A. (2019). Distribution of free-living marine nematodes in the Clarion–Clipperton Zone: implications for future deep-sea mining scenarios. Biogeosciences 16(18): 3475-3489. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3475-2019
Schmidt, C.; Escobar Wolf, K.; Lins, L.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Brandt, A. (2018). Meiofauna abundance and community patterns along a transatlantic transect in the Vema Fracture Zone and in the hadal zone of the Puerto Rico trench. Deep-Sea Res., Part II, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 148: 223-235. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.12.021
Amon, D.J.; Hilario, A.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Smith, C.R. (2017). Observations of organic falls from the abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. Mar. Biodiv. 47(2): 311-321. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0572-4
Gollner, S.; Kaiser, S.; Menzel, L.; Jones, D.O.B.; Brown, A.; Mestre, N.C.; Van Oevelen, D.; Menot, L.; Colaço, A.; Canals, M.; Cuvelier, D.; Durden, J.M.; Gebruk, A.; Egho, G.A.; Haeckel, M.; Marcon, Y.; Mevenkamp, L.; Morato, T.; Pham, C.K.; Purser, A.; Sanchez-Vidal, A.; Vanreusel, A.; Vink, A.; Martinez Arbizu, P. (2017). Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities. Mar. Environ. Res. 129: 76-101. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.04.010
Gollner, S.; Stuckas, H.; Kihara, T.C.; Kihara, S.; Kodami, S.; Martinez Arbizu, P. (2016). Mitochondrial DNA Analyses Indicate High Diversity, Expansive Population Growth andHigh Genetic Connectivity of Vent Copepods (Dirivultidae) across Different Oceans. PLoS One 11(10): e0163776. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163776
Vanreusel, A.; Hilario, A.; Ribeiro, P.A.; Menot, L.; Martinez Arbizu, P. (2016). Threatened by mining, polymetallic nodules are required to preserve abyssal epifauna. NPG Scientific Reports 6(26808): 6 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep26808
Gollner, S.; Govenar, B.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Mills, S.; Le Bris, N.; Weinbauer, M.; Shank, T.M.; Bright, M. (2015). Differences in recovery between deep-sea hydrothermal vent and vent-proximate communities after a volcanic eruption. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 106: 167–182. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2015.10.008
Janssen, A.; Kaiser, S.; Meißner, K.; Brenke, N.; Menot, L.; Martinez Arbizu, P. (2015). A reverse taxonomic approach to assess macrofaunal distribution patterns in abyssal pacific polymetallic nodule fields. PLoS One 10(2): e0117790. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117790
Plum, C.; Gollner, S.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Bright, M. (2015). Diversity and composition of the copepod communities associated with megafauna around a cold seep in the Gulf of Mexico with remarks on species biogeography. Mar. Biodiv. 45(3): 419-432. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-014-0310-8
Rose, A.; Ingels, J.; Raes, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Martinez Arbizu, P. (2015). Long-term iceshelf-covered meiobenthic communities of the Antarctic continental shelf resemble those of the deep sea. Mar. Biodiv. 45(4): 743-762. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-014-0284-6
Singh, R.; Miljutin, D.M.; Miljutina, M.A.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Ingole, B.S. (2014). Deep-sea nematode assemblages from a commercially important polymetallic nodule area in the Central Indian Ocean Basin. Mar. Biol. Res. 10(9): 906-916. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2013.866251
Corgosinho, P.H.C.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Dos Santos-Silva, E. (2010). Revision of Brasilibathynellocaris Jakobi, 1972 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Parastenocarididae) with redefinition of the genus. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 159(3): 527-566. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1.096-3642.2009.00574.x
Kalogeropoulou, V.; Bett, B.J.; Gooday, A.J.; Lampadariou, N.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Vanreusel, A. (2010). Temporal changes (1989-1999) in deep-sea metazoan meiofaunal assemblages on the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, NE Atlantic. Deep-Sea Res., Part 2, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 57(15): 1383-1395. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.02.002
Ramirez-Llodra, E.Z.; Brandt, A.; Danovaro, R.; De Mol, B.; Escobar, E.; German, C.R.; Levin, L.A.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Menot, L.; Buhl-Mortensen, P.; Narayanaswamy, B.E.; Smith, C.R.; Tittensor, D.P.; Tyler, P.A.; Vanreusel, A.; Vecchione, M. (2010). Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world's largest ecosystem. Biogeosciences 7(9): 2851-2899. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-7-2851-2010
Vanreusel, A.; Fonseca, G.; Danovaro, R.; da Silva, M.C.; Esteves, A.M.; Ferrero, T.; Gad, G.; Galtsova, V.; Gambi, M.C.; da Fonsêca-Genevois, V.; Ingels, J.; Ingole, B.; Lampadariou, N.; Merckx, B.; Miljutin, D.; Miljutina, M.A.; Muthumbi, A.; Netto, S.A.; Portnova, D.; Radziejewska, T.; Raes, M.; Tchesunov, A.V.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Van Gaever, S.; Venekey, V.; Bezerra, T.N.; Flint, H.C.; Copley, J.; Pape, E.; Zeppilli, D.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Galeron, J. (2010). The contribution of deep-sea macrohabitat heterogeneity to global nematode diversity. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 31(1): 6-20. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00352.x
Rose, A.; Seifried, S.; Willen, E.; George, K.H.; Veit-Köhler, G.; Bröhldick, K.; Drewes, J.; Moura, G.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Schminke, H.K. (2005). A method for comparing within-core alpha diversity values from repeated multicorer samplings, shown for abyssal Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the Angola Basin. Org. Divers. Evol. 5: 3-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2004.10.001
Vanaverbeke, J.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Dahms, H.-U.; Schminke, H.K. (1997). The metazoan meiobenthos along a depth gradient in the Arctic Laptev Sea with special attention to nematode communities. Polar Biol. 18: 391-401. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003000050205
Martinez Arbizu, P. (2000). A new species of Cyclopetta from the Laptev Sea (Arctic Ocean), with the recognition of Cyclopettidae fam. nov., a new monophylum of free-living Cyclopoida (Copepoda). Bull. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 70: 91-101
Martinez Arbizu, P.; Seifried, S. (1996). The phylogenetic position of Arcticomisophria bathylaptevensis gen. et sp. n. (Crustacea: Copepoda) a new misophrioid from hyperbenthic deep-sea waters in the Laptev Sea (Arctic Ocean). Sarsia 81: 285-295
Vanreusel, A.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Yauhara, M. (2023). Marine meiofauna diversity and biogeography - Paradigms and challenges, in: Giere, O. et al.New horizons in meiobenthos research. pp. 121-151. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21622-0_5
Van den Bulcke, L.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Christodoulou, M.; Van der Hoorn, V.; Sapkota, R.; De Backer, A.; Hostens, K.; Maes, S.; Derycke, S. (2021). Testing repeatability, testing repeatability, testing repeatability: How reproducible are DNA metabarcoding data for marine macrobenthos?, in: Mees, J. et al.Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Oostende, Belgium, 3 March 2021. VLIZ Special Publication, 87: pp. 119-120
Veit-Köhler, G.; Durst, S.; Schuckenbrock, J.; Hauquier, F.; Durán Suja, L.; Dorschel, B.; Vanreusel, A.; Martinez Arbizu, P. (2017). Oceanographic and topographic conditions structure benthic meiofauna communities in Weddell Sea, Bransfield Strait and Drake Passage (Antarctic), in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 195
Vanaverbeke, J.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Dahms, H.-U.; Schminke, H.K. (1998). The metazoan meiobenthos along a depth gradient in the Arctic Laptev Sea with special attention to nematode communities. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 65: 191-192
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