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Zettler, M.L.; Pollehne, F. (2023). Macrozoobenthic diversity along an oxygen gradient in the deep trough of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada). Diversity 15(7): 854. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15070854
Gogina, M.; Renz, J.R.; Forster, S.; Zettler, M.L. (2022). Benthic macrofauna community bioirrigation potential (BIPc): regional map and utility validation for the south-western Baltic Sea. Biology-Basel 11(7): 1085. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11071085
Gogina, M.; Zettler, A.; Zettler, M.L. (2022). Weight-to-weight conversion factors for benthic macrofauna: recent measurements from the Baltic and the North seas. ESSD 14(1): 1-4. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1-2022
Gogina, M.; Zettler, M.L.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Dannheim, J.; Van Hoey, G.; Desroy, N.; Wrede, A.; Reiss, H.; Degraer, S.; Van Lancker, V.; Foveau, A.; Braeckman, U.; Fiorentino, D.; Holstein, J.; Birchenough, S.N.R. (2020). Interregional comparison of benthic ecosystem functioning: Community bioturbation potential in four regions along the NE Atlantic shelf. Ecol. Indic. 110: 105945. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105945
Van Hoey, G.; Wischnewski, J.; Craeymeersch, J.; Dannheim, J.; Enserink, L.; Guérin, L.; Marco-Rius, F.; O'Connor, J.; Reiss, H.; Sell, A.F.; Vanden Berghe, M.; Zettler, M.L.; Degraer, S.; Birchenough, S.N.R. (2019). Methodological elements for optimising the spatial monitoring design to support regional benthic ecosystem assessments. Environ. Monit. Assess. 191(7): 423. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-019-7550-9
Zettler, M.L.; Beermann, J.; Dannheim, J.; Ebbe, B.; Grotjahn, M.; Günther, C.-P.; Gusky, M.; Kind, B.; Kröncke, I.; Kuhlenkamp, R.; Orendt, C.; Rachor, E.; Schanz, A.; Schröder, A.; Schüler, L.; Witt, J. (2018). An annotated checklist of macrozoobenthic species in German waters of the North and Baltic Seas. Helgol. Mar. Res. 72(1): 5. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s10152-018-0507-5
Zettler, M.L.; Freiwald, A.; Guerra-García, J.M. (2018). Cold-water corals off Angola as refuge for a new Aeginella species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae). Zootaxa 4462(4): 535-546. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4462.4.6
Beisiegel, K.; Darr, A.; Gogina, M.; Zettler, M.L. (2017). Benefits and shortcomings of non-destructive benthic imagery for monitoring hard-bottom habitats. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 121(1-2): 5-15. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.04.009
Eisenbarth, S.; Zettler, M.L. (2016). Diversity of the benthic macrofauna off northern Namibia from the shelf to the deep sea. J. Mar. Syst. 155: 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.10.017
Schiele, K.S.; Darr, A.; Zettler, M.L.; Berg, T.; Blomqvist, M.; Daunys, D.; Jermakovs, V.; Korpinen, S.; Kotta, J.; Nygård, H.; von Weber, M.; Voss, J.; Warzocha, J. (2016). Rating species sensitivity throughout gradient systems – a consistent approach for the Baltic Sea. Ecol. Indic. 61(2): 447-455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.09.046
Janßen, H.; Schröder, T.; Zettler, M.L.; Pollehne, F. (2015). Offshore wind farms in the southwestern Baltic Sea: A model study of regional impacts on oxygen conditions. J. Sea Res. 95: 248–257. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.05.001
Wittfoth, A.K.J.; Zettler, M.L. (2013). The application of a Biopollution Index in German Baltic estuarine and lagoon waters. Manag. Biol. Inv. 4(1): 43-50. https://dx.doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2013.4.1.06
Bochert, R.; Zettler, M.L. (2012). Nebalia deborahae, a new species of Leptostraca (Phyllocarida) from South West Africa. Crustaceana 85(2): 205-218. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854012x623782
Glück, F.U.; Stöhr, S.; Bochert, R.; Zettler, M.L. (2012). Brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the continental shelf off Angola and Namibia. Zootaxa 3475(1): 1-20. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3475.1.1
Bochert, R.; Zettler, M.L. (2011). Cumacea from the continental shelf of Angola and Namibia with descriptions of new species. Zootaxa 2978(1): 1-33. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2978.1.1
Bochert, R.; Zettler, M.L. (2010). Grandidierella (Amphipoda, Aoridae) from Angola with description of a new species. Crustaceana 83(10): 1209-1219. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/001121610x527022
Ojaveer, H.; Jaanus, A.; MacKenzie, B.R.; Martin, G.; Olenin, S.; Radziejewska, T.; Telesh, I.; Zettler, M.L.; Zaiko, A. (2010). Status of biodiversity in the Baltic Sea. PLoS One 5(9): e12467. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012467
Van Hoey, G.; Borja, A.; Birchenough, S.; Buhl-Mortensen, L.; Degraer, S.; Fleischer, D.; Kerckhof, F.; Magni, P.; Muxika, I.; Reiss, H.; Schröder, A.; Zettler, M.L. (2010). The use of benthic indicators in Europe: From the Water Framework Directive to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 60(12): 2187-2196. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.09.015
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Zettler, M.L.; Bochert, R.; Pollehne, F. (2009). Macrozoobenthos diversity in an oxygen minimum zone off northern Namibia. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 156(9): 1949-1961. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1227-9
Fleischer, D.; Grémare, A.; Labrune, C.; Rumohr, H.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Zettler, M.L. (2007). Performance comparison of two biotic indices measuring the ecological status of water bodies in the Southern Baltic and Gulf of Lions. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 54(10): 1598-1606. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.06.011, more
Schäffer, F.; Zettler, M.L. (2007). The clam sipho as indicator for growth indices in the soft-shell clam Mya arenaria. Helgol. Mar. Res. 61(1): 9-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10152-006-0049-0
Zettler, M.L.; Daunys, D. (2007). Long-term macrozoobenthos changes in a shallow boreal lagoon: Comparison of a recent biodiversity inventory with historical data. Limnologica 37(2): 170-185. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2006.12.004
Zettler, M.L.; Schiedek, D.; Bobertz, B. (2007). Benthic biodiversity indices versus salinity gradient in the southern Baltic Sea. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 55(1-6): 258-270. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.08.024, more
Zettler, M.L. (2002). Ecological and morphological features of the bivalve Astarte borealis (Schumacher, 1817) in the Baltic Sea near its geographical range. J. Shellfish Res. 21(1): 33-40
Zettler, M.L.; Bönsch, R.; Gosselck, F. (2001). Distribution, abundance and some population characteristics of the ocean quahog, Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767), in the Mecklenburg Bight (Baltic Sea). J. Shellfish Res. 20(1): 161-169
Bick, A.; Zettler, M.L. (1997). On the identity and distribution of two species of Marenzelleria (Polychaeta, Spionidae) in Europe and North America. Aquat. Ecol. 31(2): 137-148
Zettler, M.L. (1997). Bibliography on the genus Marenzelleria and its geographical distribution, principal topics and nomenclature. Aquat. Ecol. 31(2): 233-258
Zettler, M.L.; Hoffman, L. (2023). Condylocardiidae (Bivalvia) from Namibia. Basteria 87(1): 2-10
Zettler, M.L.; Hoffman, L. (2022). Nucula (Nuculidae, Bivalvia) from upper bathyal depths off Namibia. Iberus 40(2): 291-299
Zettler, M.L. (2015). Kurze Notiz über die Ankunft von Echinogammarus trichiatus im Ostseegebiet und den Erstnachweis von Paramysis lacustris in Deutschland. Lauterbornia 79: 151-156
Wasmund, N.; Pollehne, F.; Postel, L.; Siegel, H.B.; Zettler, M.L. (2008). Assessment of the biological state of the Baltic Sea in 2007 = Assessment of the biological state of the Baltic Sea in 2007. Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte = Marine Scientific Reports, 74. Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde (IOW): Warnemünde. 88 pp.
Wasmund, N.; Pollehne, F.; Postel, L.; Siegel, H.B.; Zettler, M.L. (2003). Biologische Zustandseinschätzung der Ostsee im Jahre 2002. Meereswiss. Ber. 56: 3-78
Wasmund, N.; Pollehne, F.; Postel, L.; Siegel, H.; Zettler, M.L. (2002). Biologische Zustandseinschätzung der Ostsee im Jahre 2001 = Assessment of the biological state of the Baltic Sea in 2001. Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte = Marine Scientific Reports, 51. Institut für Ostseeforschung: Warnemünde. 80 pp.
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Zettler, M.L.; Bönsch, R.; Gosselck, F. (2000). Verbreitung des Makrozoobenthos in der Mecklenburger Bucht (südliche Ostsee): rezent und im historischen Vergleich. Meereswiss. Ber. 42: 1-144, more
Kube, J.; Zettler, M.L.; Gosselck, F.; Ossig, S.; Powilleit, M. (1996). Distribution of Marenzelleria viridis (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in the southwestern Baltic Sea in 1993/94 - ten years after introduction. Sarsia 81: 131-142
Zettler, M.L.; Bick, A. (1996). The analysis of small- and mesoscale dispersion patterns of Marenzellaria viridis (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in a coastal water area of the southern Baltic. Helgol. Meeresunters. 50(2): 265-286
Zettler, M.L.; Alf, A. (2021). Marine Bivalvia: Bivalvia of German marine watters of the North and Baltic seas. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise, 85. ConchBooks: Harxheim. ISBN 978-3-948603-12-0. 329 pp.
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Zettler, M.L.; Gosselck, F. (2006). Benthic assessment of marine areas of particular ecological importance within the German Baltic Sea EEZ, in: von Nordheim, H. et al. (Ed.) Progress in marine conservation in Europe: NATURA 2000 sites in German offshore waters. pp. 141-156
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