Diaz-Recio Lorenzo Coral cdrrlc@gmail.com 0000-0003-1116-9568 Sorbonne Université, Paris, France https://ror.org/02en5vm52 Stratmann Tanja tanja.stratmann@nioz.nl 0000-0001-7997-1157 MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University Bremen MARUM http://www.marum.de/ https://ror.org/04ers2y35 De Wilt Mark Mark.Eduard.De.Wilt@ifremer.fr Ifremer https://www.ifremer.fr/fr https://ror.org/044jxhp58 Radhakrishnan Ranju Ifremer https://www.ifremer.fr/fr https://ror.org/044jxhp58 Macheriotou Lara laramacheriotou@yahoo.com 0000-0002-5662-5689 Ghent University UGent https://www.ugent.be/en https://ror.org/00cv9y106 Pape Ellen 0000-0003-2881-8341 Ghent University UGent https://www.ugent.be/en https://ror.org/00cv9y106 Hoogerdijk Lucille Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel NIOZ http://www.nioz.nl https://ror.org/01gntjh03 van den Hooven-Iza Nadinne Jeanneth Avans University of Applied Sciences https://ror.org/015d5s513 Krüger Jan Tobias Paderborn University https://ror.org/058kzsd48 Kaspersmeier Lea Paderborn University https://ror.org/058kzsd48 Neuser Moritz Paderborn University https://ror.org/058kzsd48 Klöckner Moritz Paderborn University https://ror.org/058kzsd48 Lauth Martin Paderborn University https://ror.org/058kzsd48 Schaper Mirko Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences RBINS http://www.kbinirsnb.be https://ror.org/02y22ws83 Patel Tasnim tpatel@naturalsciences.be Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences RBINS http://www.kbinirsnb.be https://ror.org/02y22ws83 Gollner Sabine sabine.gollner@nioz.nl Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel NIOZ http://www.nioz.nl https://ror.org/01gntjh03 2026 Dimensions (lenght, width) and dry mass of Nematoda and Copepoda living inside polymetallic nodule crevices dataset https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.996412 2026-08-05T11:16:16 Polymetallic nodules were collected with box cores during R/V Sonne cruise SO268 and preserved in formaldehyde. On land, individual nodules were frozen at -20°C for 24 h to disintegrate the nodules and to release all crevice fauna. Nematode and Copepoda were extracted from the disintegrated nodule by sieving (32 µm mesh size) and centrifugation in a mixture of kaolin mud and levasil. Nematoda and Copepoda in the supernatant were extracted, mounted on microscopy slides and the body size (length, width; in µm) was measured. Dry mass of Nematoda and Copepoda (in µg) was calculated following conversion factors by Warwick & Gee (1984). Diaz-Recio Lorenzo Coral cdrrlc@gmail.com 0000-0003-1116-9568 Stratmann Tanja tanja.stratmann@nioz.nl 0000-0001-7997-1157 De Wilt Mark Mark.Eduard.De.Wilt@ifremer.fr Radhakrishnan Ranju Macheriotou Lara laramacheriotou@yahoo.com 0000-0002-5662-5689 Pape Ellen 0000-0003-2881-8341 Hoogerdijk Lucille van den Hooven-Iza Nadinne Jeanneth Krüger Jan Tobias Kaspersmeier Lea Neuser Moritz Klöckner Moritz Lauth Martin Schaper Mirko Patel Tasnim tpatel@naturalsciences.be Gollner Sabine sabine.gollner@nioz.nl preprint Life inside polymetallic nodules journal article Nature Ecology & Evolution https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.02.742282 De Wilt Mark Mark.Eduard.De.Wilt@ifremer.fr Diaz-Recio Lorenzo Coral cdrrlc@gmail.com 0000-0003-1116-9568 Gollner Sabine sabine.gollner@nioz.nl Raw counts of meiofauna collected from crevices of poly-metallic nodules from box cores taken during SONNE cruises SO268/1 and SO268/2 [dataset] dataset https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.992747 Schoening Timm tschoening@geomar.de 0000-0002-0035-3282 Gazis Iason-Zois igazis@geomar.de 0000-0002-3925-859X 2019 Summary of sizes, weights, counts and coverage of poly-metallic nodules from box cores taken during SONNE cruises SO268/1 and SO268/2 dataset GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.904967 -117.0602 -117.0112 11.8453 11.8651 -117.0129075709802 11.863173817034845 2019-04-04T22:39:57 2019-04-30T07:19:23 -4124.0 -4116.0 Dutch Research Council NWO https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003246 1745.23.1 JPI Oceans project Mining Impact Dutch Research Council NWO https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003246 856.18.001 JPIO-MiningImpact: JPI Oceans - Ecological Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining (NWO-ALW grant) Dutch Research Council NWO https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003246 856.18.003 Deep Sea Mining: Fate & toxicity of the sediment plume 2 https://www.nwo.nl/projecten/85618003 Dutch Research Council NWO https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003246 BR/15/MA/JPI-DEEPSEA2 JPI Oceans project Mining Impact Dutch Research Council NWO https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003246 OCENW.XS24.2.193 Deep-sea sponges as sinks of dissolved inorganic carbon https://www.nwo.nl/en/projects/ocenwxs242193 Dutch Research Council NWO https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003246 VI.Veni.212.211 Metabolic activity of individual benthic fauna in deep-sea habitats (INBREATH) https://www.nwo.nl/en/projects/viveni212211 European Marine Biological Resource Centre EMBRC https://doi.org/10.13039/501100015737 I001621N EMBRC Belgium - FWO international research infrastructure European Research Council ERC https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000781 101221692 Nitrogen cycling in modern sponges with clues about their role in past oceans https://doi.org/10.3030/101221692 SO268/2_95-2 BC-24 11.86233333 -117.01275 Clarion-Clipperton Fraction Zone, North East Pacific Ocean -4120.2 2019-04-04T22:39:57 SO268/2 Manzanillo, Mexico 2019-03-30T00:00:00 Vancouver, Canada 2019-05-27T00:00:00 Sonne_2 https://uol.de/icbm/forschungsplattformen-schiffe/sonne DBBE 9633927 Haeckel, Matthias doi:10.3289/GEOMAR_REP_NS_59_20 20190057 https://www.ldf.uni-hamburg.de/sonne/wochenberichte/wochenberichte-sonne/so267-2-268-3/expeditionsheft-so-267-2-268-3.pdf https://maps.geomar.de/mapgen_ds/maps/legMap?lang=en&render=true&leg=SO268/2 Sonne_2 https://uol.de/icbm/forschungsplattformen-schiffe/sonne DBBE 9633927 Box corer BC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_corer unconsolidated sediment corers http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/51/ GER Dredge; Position USBL SO268/2_96-1 BC-25 11.86226667 -117.01395 Clarion-Clipperton Fraction Zone, North East Pacific Ocean -4122.4 2019-04-05T01:41:25 SO268/2 Manzanillo, Mexico 2019-03-30T00:00:00 Vancouver, Canada 2019-05-27T00:00:00 Sonne_2 https://uol.de/icbm/forschungsplattformen-schiffe/sonne DBBE 9633927 Haeckel, Matthias doi:10.3289/GEOMAR_REP_NS_59_20 20190057 https://www.ldf.uni-hamburg.de/sonne/wochenberichte/wochenberichte-sonne/so267-2-268-3/expeditionsheft-so-267-2-268-3.pdf https://maps.geomar.de/mapgen_ds/maps/legMap?lang=en&render=true&leg=SO268/2 Sonne_2 https://uol.de/icbm/forschungsplattformen-schiffe/sonne DBBE 9633927 Box corer BC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_corer unconsolidated sediment corers http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/51/ GER Dredge; Position USBL SO268/2_102-1 BC-26 11.86373333 -117.0146667 Clarion-Clipperton Fraction Zone, North East Pacific Ocean -4123.2 2019-04-07T08:21:09 SO268/2 Manzanillo, Mexico 2019-03-30T00:00:00 Vancouver, Canada 2019-05-27T00:00:00 Sonne_2 https://uol.de/icbm/forschungsplattformen-schiffe/sonne DBBE 9633927 Haeckel, Matthias doi:10.3289/GEOMAR_REP_NS_59_20 20190057 https://www.ldf.uni-hamburg.de/sonne/wochenberichte/wochenberichte-sonne/so267-2-268-3/expeditionsheft-so-267-2-268-3.pdf https://maps.geomar.de/mapgen_ds/maps/legMap?lang=en&render=true&leg=SO268/2 Sonne_2 https://uol.de/icbm/forschungsplattformen-schiffe/sonne DBBE 9633927 Box corer BC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_corer unconsolidated sediment corers http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/51/ GER Dredge SO268/2_103-1 BC-27 11.86511667 -117.012 Clarion-Clipperton Fraction Zone, North East Pacific Ocean -4116.2 2019-04-07T11:30:51 SO268/2 Manzanillo, Mexico 2019-03-30T00:00:00 Vancouver, Canada 2019-05-27T00:00:00 Sonne_2 https://uol.de/icbm/forschungsplattformen-schiffe/sonne DBBE 9633927 Haeckel, Matthias doi:10.3289/GEOMAR_REP_NS_59_20 20190057 https://www.ldf.uni-hamburg.de/sonne/wochenberichte/wochenberichte-sonne/so267-2-268-3/expeditionsheft-so-267-2-268-3.pdf https://maps.geomar.de/mapgen_ds/maps/legMap?lang=en&render=true&leg=SO268/2 Sonne_2 https://uol.de/icbm/forschungsplattformen-schiffe/sonne DBBE 9633927 Box corer BC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_corer unconsolidated sediment corers http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/51/ GER Dredge SO268/2_116-1 BC-29 11.86185 -117.0111833 Clarion-Clipperton Fraction Zone, North East Pacific Ocean -4117.2 2019-04-10T01:15:00 SO268/2 Manzanillo, Mexico 2019-03-30T00:00:00 Vancouver, Canada 2019-05-27T00:00:00 Sonne_2 https://uol.de/icbm/forschungsplattformen-schiffe/sonne DBBE 9633927 Haeckel, Matthias doi:10.3289/GEOMAR_REP_NS_59_20 20190057 https://www.ldf.uni-hamburg.de/sonne/wochenberichte/wochenberichte-sonne/so267-2-268-3/expeditionsheft-so-267-2-268-3.pdf https://maps.geomar.de/mapgen_ds/maps/legMap?lang=en&render=true&leg=SO268/2 Sonne_2 https://uol.de/icbm/forschungsplattformen-schiffe/sonne DBBE 9633927 Box corer BC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_corer unconsolidated sediment corers http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/51/ GER Dredge SO268/2_166-1 BC-37 11.84525 -117.0601667 Clarion-Clipperton Fraction Zone, North East Pacific Ocean -4123.8 2019-04-30T07:19:23 SO268/2 Manzanillo, Mexico 2019-03-30T00:00:00 Vancouver, Canada 2019-05-27T00:00:00 Sonne_2 https://uol.de/icbm/forschungsplattformen-schiffe/sonne DBBE 9633927 Haeckel, Matthias doi:10.3289/GEOMAR_REP_NS_59_20 20190057 https://www.ldf.uni-hamburg.de/sonne/wochenberichte/wochenberichte-sonne/so267-2-268-3/expeditionsheft-so-267-2-268-3.pdf https://maps.geomar.de/mapgen_ds/maps/legMap?lang=en&render=true&leg=SO268/2 Sonne_2 https://uol.de/icbm/forschungsplattformen-schiffe/sonne DBBE 9633927 Box corer BC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_corer unconsolidated sediment corers http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/51/ GER Reference; 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