Gallo, N. D., Metaxas, A., Lidström, S., Hetherington, E., Alfaro-Lucas, J. M., Amon, D., Barry, J., Bax, N., Boyd, P. W., Colaço, A., Elegbede, I., Escobar-Briones, E., Halfter, S., Hilario, A., Hilmi, N., Huffard, C. L., Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez, M., Levin, L. A., McCauley, D. J., … Yasuhara, M. (2025). Illuminating deep-sea considerations and experimental approaches for mCDR proposals. Environmental Research Letters, 20(6), 061003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/add8a6

Salvanes, A. G. V., Gallo, N. D., Solås, M. R., Saltalamacchia, F., Aksnes, D. L., Darelius, E., Christiansen, S., Folkvord, A., Hosia, A., Kaartvedt, S., Levin, L., Limburg, K., Martell, L., Midtøy, F., Myksvoll, M., Risebrobakken, B., Savolainen, H., Skadal, J., & Staby, A. (2025). Deep Fjords Are Excellent Natural Infrastructure for Climate Impact Studies. Fish and Fisheries, faf.12879. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12879

Seid, C. A., Hiley, A. S., McCowin, M. F., Carvajal, J. I., Cha, H., Ahyong, S. T., Ashford, O. S., Breedy, O., Eernisse, D. J., Goffredi, S. K., Hendrickx, M. E., Kocot, K. M., Mah, C. L., Miller, A. K., Mongiardino Koch, N., Mooi, R., O’Hara, T. D., Pleijel, F., Stiller, J., … Rouse, G. W. (2025). A faunal inventory of methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica. ZooKeys, 1222, 1–250. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1222.134385

Muller-Karger, F. E., Tan, A. S. H., Allcock, A. L., Appeltans, W., Aguilar, C. B., Blanco, A., Bograd, S. J., Costello, M. J., Darnaude, A. M., Dupuis, B., Evaux, L. M., Goodwin, K., Jungbluth, S., Leinen, M., Levin, L. A., Mahapatra, P., Martone, R., Nordlund, L. M., Ndah, A. B., … Pendleton, L. (2025). Capacity sharing to protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsae187. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae187

Roman, M. R., Altieri, A. H., Breitburg, D., Ferrer, E. M., Gallo, N. D., Ito, S., Limburg, K., Rose, K., Yasuhara, M., & Levin, L. A. (2024). Reviews and syntheses: Biological indicators of low-oxygen stress in marine water-breathing animals. Biogeosciences, 21(22), 4975–5004. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4975-2024

Guraieb, M., Mendoza, G., Mizell, K., Rouse, G., McCarthy, R. A., Pereira, O. S., & Levin, L. A. (2024). Deep-ocean macrofaunal assemblages on ferromanganese and phosphorite-rich substrates in the Southern California Borderland. PeerJ, 12, e18290. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18290

Pillar, H. R., Hetherington, E., Levin, L. A., Cimoli, L., Lauderdale, J. M., Van Der Grient, J. M. A., Johannes, K., Heimbach, P., Smith, L., Addey, C. I., Annasawmy, P., Antonio, S., Bax, N., Drake, H. F., Escobar, E., Elsler, L. G., Freilich, M. A., Gallo, N. D., Girard, F., … Trossman, D. (2024). Future directions for deep ocean climate science and evidence-based decision making. Frontiers in Climate, 6, 1445694. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1445694

Hetherington, E. D., Anderson, C., Bastian, L., Boon, N., Chu, N.-C., Cruz, C. R., Drennon, H., Gates, A., Gertz, B., Goodwin, K. D., Halfter, S., Howell, K., Howes, E., Lopes, V., Martin, T., McConnell, T., Qian, P.-Y., Seabrook, S., Smith, L., … Levin, L. A. (2024). Deepening the Decade: Collaborative Action for Advancing Deep-Ocean Science and Policy in the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1002/lob.10662

Smith, C. R., Correa, P. V. F., Fleury, A. G., Levin, L. A., & De Leo, F. C. (2024). High-frequency study of megafaunal communities on whale bone, wood and carbonate in hypoxic Barkley Canyon. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1464095. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1464095

Rose, K. C., Ferrer, E. M., Carpenter, S. R., Crowe, S. A., Donelan, S. C., Garçon, V. C., Grégoire, M., Jane, S. F., Leavitt, P. R., Levin, L. A., Oschlies, A., & Breitburg, D. (2024). Aquatic deoxygenation as a planetary boundary and key regulator of Earth system stability. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8(8), 1400–1406. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02448-y

Pereira, O. S., Vlach, D., Bradley, A., Gonzalez, J., Mizell, K., & Levin, L. A. (2024). Invertebrate trophic structure on marine ferromanganese and phosphorite hardgrounds. Limnology and Oceanography, lno.12612. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12612

Danovaro, R., Levin, L. A., Fanelli, G., Scenna, L., & Corinaldesi, C. (2024). Microbes as marine habitat formers and ecosystem engineers. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02407-7

Skelton, Z. R., McCormick, L. R., Kwan, G. T., Lonthair, J., Neira, C., Clements, S. M., Martz, T. R., Bresnahan, P. J., Send, U., Giddings, S. N., Sevadjian, J. C., Jaeger, S., Feit, A., Frable, B. W., Zerofski, P. J., Torres, M., Crooks, J. A., McCullough, J., Carter, M. L., … Wegner, N. C. (2024). Organismal responses to deteriorating water quality during the historic 2020 red tide off Southern California. Elem Sci Anth, 12(1), 00067. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00067

Fausey, K., Rippy, M. A., Pierce, G., Feldman, D., Winfrey, B., Mehring, A. S., Levin, L. A., Holden, P. A., Bowler, P. A., & Ambrose, R. (2024). Ecosystem service values support conservation and sustainable land development: Perspectives from four University of California campuses. Ecological Engineering, 208, 107379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107379

Bravo, M. E., Principi, S., Levin, L. A., Ormazabal, J. P., Ferronato, C., Palma, F., Isola, J., & Tassone, A. A. (2024). Discovery of deep-sea cold seeps from Argentina host singular trophic linkages and biodiversity. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 211, 104361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104361

Pereira, O. S., Jacobsen, M., Carson, R., Cortés, J., & Levin, L. A. (2024). Understanding and valuing human connections to deep-sea methane seeps off Costa Rica. Ecological Economics, 223, 108228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108228

Neira, C., Mendoza, G. F., Bradley, A., Gossett, R., Rouse, G. W., & Levin, L. A. (2024). Waste barrel contamination and macrobenthic communities in the San Pedro Basin DDT dumpsite. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 203, 116463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116463

Metaxas, A., Anglin, C. D., Cross, A., Drazen, J., Haeckel, M., Mudd, G., Smith, C. R., Smith, S., Weaver, P. P. E., Sonter, L., Amon, D. J., Erskine, P. D., Levin, L. A., Lily, H., Maest, A. S., Mestre, N. C., Ramirez‐Llodra, E., Sánchez, L. E., Sharma, R., … Tunnicliffe, V. (2024). Comparing environmental impacts of deep‐seabed and land‐based mining: A defensible framework. Global Change Biology, 30(5), e17334. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17334

Gignoux-Wolfsohn, S. A., Dunn, D. C., Cleary, J., Halpin, P. N., Anderson, C. R., Bax, N. J., Canonico, G., Chaniotis, P., DeLand, S., Diorio, M., Gaines, S. D., Grorud-Colvert, K., Johnson, D. E., Levin, L. A., Lundquist, C. J., Manca, E., Metaxas, A., Monaco, M. E., Morgan, L., … Duffy, J. E. (2024). New framework reveals gaps in US ocean biodiversity protection. One Earth, S2590332223005985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.014

Yazdanpanah, N., Sedikides, C., Ochs, H. D., Camargo, C. A., Darmstadt, G. L., Cerda, A., Cauda, V., Peters, G. J., Sellke, F., Wong, N. D., Comini, E., Jimeno, A. R., Glover, V., Hatziargyriou, N., Vincenot, C. E., Bordas, S. P. A., Rao, I. M., Abolhassani, H., Gharehpetian, G. B., … USERN Advisory Board. (2024). Global Challenges After a Global Challenge: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic. In N. Rezaei (Ed.), The COVID-19 Aftermath (Vol. 1457, pp. 1–31). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61939-7_1

Baco, A. R., Ross, R., Althaus, F., Amon, D., Bridges, A. E. H., Brix, S., Buhl-Mortensen, P., Colaco, A., Carreiro-Silva, M., Clark, M. R., Du Preez, C., Franken, M.-L., Gianni, M., Gonzalez-Mirelis, G., Hourigan, T., Howell, K., Levin, L. A., Lindsay, D. J., Molodtsova, T. N., … Yesson, C. (2023). Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery. PeerJ, 11, e16024. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16024

Hilmi, N., Sutherland, M., Farahmand, S., Haraldsson, G., Van Doorn, E., Ernst, E., Wisz, M. S., Claudel Rusin, A., Elsler, L. G., & Levin, L. A. (2023). Deep sea nature-based solutions to climate change. Frontiers in Climate, 5, 1169665. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2023.1169665

Merrifield, S. T., Celona, S., McCarthy, R. A., Pietruszka, A., Batchelor, H., Hess, R., Nager, A., Young, R., Sadorf, K., Levin, L. A., Valentine, D. L., Conrad, J. E., & Terrill, E. J. (2023). Wide-Area Debris Field and Seabed Characterization of a Deep Ocean Dump Site Surveyed by Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. Environmental Science & Technology, acs.est.3c01256. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c01256

Le, J. T., Gonzalez, J. P., Carson, R. T., Ambrose, R. F., & Levin, L. A. (2023). Integrating Non-Targeted Ecosystem Services into Assessment of Natural Stormwater Treatment Systems. Water, 15(8), 1460. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15081460

Bravo, M. E., Brandt, M. I., van der Grient, J. M. A., Dahlgren, T. G., Esquete, P., Gollner, S., Jones, D. O. B., Levin, L. A., McClain, C. R., Narayanaswamy, B. E., Sutton, T., Victorero, L., & Cordes, E. E. (2023). Insights from the management of offshore energy resources: Toward an ecosystem-services based management approach for deep-ocean industries. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 994632. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.994632

Keshavarz-Fathi, M., Yazdanpanah, N., Kolahchi, S., Ziaei, H., Darmstadt, G. L., Dorigo, T., Dochy, F., Levin, L., Thongboonkerd, V., Ogino, S., Chen, W.-H., Perc, M., Tremblay, M. S., Olusanya, B. O., Rao, I. M., Hatziargyriou, N., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Bella, F., Rosivall, L., … Rezaei, N. (2023). Universal research index: An inclusive metric to quantify scientific research output. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 49(3), 102714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2023.102714

Cavole, L. M., Limburg, K. E., Gallo, N. D., Vea Salvanes, A. G., Ramírez-Valdez, A., Levin, L. A., Oropeza, O. A., Hertwig, A., Liu, M.-C., & McKeegan, K. D. (2023). Otoliths of marine fishes record evidence of low oxygen, temperature and pH conditions of deep Oxygen Minimum Zones. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 191, 103941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103941

McCormick, L. R., Gangrade, S., Garwood, J. C., Oesch, N. W., & Levin, L. A. (2022). Oxygen and irradiance constraints on visual habitat in a changing ocean: The luminoxyscape. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, lol2.10296. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10296

Levin, L. A., Mendoza, G. F., Neira, C., Giddings, S. N., & Crooks, J. A. (2022). Consequences of Mouth Closure and Hypoxia-Induced State Changes in Low-Inflow Estuaries: Benthic Community and Trait-Based Response. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-022-01132-3

Azofeifa-Solano, J. C., Pereira, O. S., Cowell, E. J., Cordes, E. E., Levin, L. A., Goffredi, S. K., & Cortés, J. (2022). Sexual dimorphism in the methane seep-dwelling Costa Rican yeti crab Kiwa puravida (Decapoda: Anomura: Kiwaidae). Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 1051590. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1051590

Le, J. T., Girguis, P. R., & Levin, L. A. (2022). Using deep-sea images to examine ecosystem services associated with methane seeps. Marine Environmental Research, 181, 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105740

Elsler, L. G., Oostdijk, M., Levin, L. A., Satterthwaite, E. V., Pinsky, M. L., Crespo, G. O., & Wisz, M. S. (2022). Protecting ocean carbon through biodiversity and climate governance. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 880424. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.880424

McCormick, L. R., Levin, L. A., & Oesch, N. W. (2022). Reduced Oxygen Impairs Photobehavior in Marine Invertebrate Larvae. The Biological Bulletin, 243(2), 255–271. https://doi.org/10.1086/717565

Woods, H. A., Moran, A. L., Atkinson, D., Audzijonyte, A., Berenbrink, M., Borges, F. O., Burnett, K. G., Burnett, L. E., Coates, C. J., Collin, R., Costa-Paiva, E. M., Duncan, M. I., Ern, R., Laetz, E. M. J., Levin, L. A., Lindmark, M., Lucey, N. M., McCormick, L. R., Pierson, J. J., … Verberk, W. C. E. P. (2022). Integrative Approaches to Understanding Organismal Responses to Aquatic Deoxygenation. The Biological Bulletin, 243(2), 85–103. https://doi.org/10.1086/722899

Cheung, W. W. L., Wei, C.-L., & Levin, L. A. (2022). Vulnerability of exploited deep-sea demersal species to ocean warming, deoxygenation, and acidification. Environmental Biology of Fishes. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-022-01321-w

Levin, L. A., Cimoli, L., Gjerde, K., Harden-Davies, H., Heimbach, P., LaScala-Gruenewald, D., Pachiadaki, M., Pillar, H. R., Smith, L. M., Stocks, K., Stopa, J. E., & Wright, D. J. (2022). Designing, generating, and translating deep-ocean observations for and with international policy makers. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsac143. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac143

Pereira, O. S., Gonzalez, J., Mendoza, G., Le, J., McNeill, M., Ontiveros, J., Lee, R. W., Rouse, G. W., Cortés, J., & Levin, L. A. (2022). Does substrate matter in the deep sea? A comparison of bone, wood, and carbonate rock colonizers. PLOS ONE, 17(7), e0271635. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271635

Smith, L. M., Cimoli, L., LaScala-Gruenewald, D., Pachiadaki, M., Phillips, B., Pillar, H., Stopa, J. E., Baumann-Pickering, S., Beaulieu, S. E., Bell, K. L. C., Harden-Davies, H., Gjerde, K. M., Heimbach, P., Howe, B., Janssen, F., Levin, L. A., Ruhl, H. A., Soule, A., Stocks, K., … Wright, D. J. (2022). The Deep Ocean Observing Strategy: Addressing Global Challenges in the Deep Sea Through Collaboration. Marine Technology Society Journal, 56(3), 50–66.

Shin, Y. J., Midgley, G. F., Archer, E. R. M., Arneth, A., Barnes, D. K. A., Chan, L., Hashimoto, S., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Insarov, G., Leadley, P., Levin, L. A., Ngo, H. T., Pandit, R., Pires, A. P. F., Portner, H. O., Rogers, A. D., Scholes, R. J., Settele, J., & Smith, P. (2022). Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate. Global Change Biology, 28(9), 2846–2874. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16109

Amon, D. J., Gollner, S., Morato, T., Smith, C. R., Chen, C., Christiansen, S., Currie, B., Drazen, J. C., Fukushima, T., Gianni, M., Gjerde, K. M., Gooday, A. J., Grillo, G. G., Haeckel, M., Joyini, T., Ju, S. J., Levin, L. A., Metaxas, A., Mianowicz, K., … Pickens, C. (2022). Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining. Marine Policy, 138, 22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105006

Rippy, M. A., Pierce, G., Feldman, D., Winfrey, B., Mehring, A. S., Holden, P. A., Ambrose, R., & Levin, L. A. (2022). Perceived services and disservices of natural treatment systems for urban stormwater: Insight from the next generation of designers. People and Nature, 24. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10300

Gregoire, M., Garcon, V., Garcia, H., Breitburg, D., Isensee, K., Oschlies, A., Telszewski, M., Barth, A., Bittig, H. C., Carstensen, J., Carval, T., Chai, F., Chavez, F., Conley, D., Coppola, L., Crowe, S., Currie, K., Dai, M. H., Deflandre, B., … Yasuhara, M. (2021). A global ocean oxygen database and atlas for assessing and predicting deoxygenation and ocean health in the open and coastal ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 29. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.724913

Dobush, B. J., Gallo, N. D., Guerra, M., Guilloux, B., Holland, E., Seabrook, S., & Levin, L. A. (2021). A new way forward for ocean-climate policy as reflected in the UNFCCC Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue submissions. Climate Policy, 18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2021.1990004

Laffoley, D., Baxter, J. M., Amon, D. J., Claudet, J., Downs, C. A., Earle, S. A., Gjerde, K. M., Hall-Spencer, J. M., Koldewey, H. J., Levin, L. A., Reid, C. P., Roberts, C. M., Sumaila, R. U., Taylor, M. L., Thiele, T., & Woodall, L. C. (2021). The forgotten ocean: Why COP26 must call for vastly greater ambition and urgency to address ocean change. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 12. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3751

Pereira, O. S., Gonzalez, J., Mendoza, G. F., Le, J., Coscino, C. L., Lee, R. W., Cortes, J., Cordes, E. E., & Levin, L. A. (2021). The dynamic influence of methane seepage on macrofauna inhabiting authigenic carbonates. Ecosphere, 12(10), 23. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3744

Bravo, M. E., Levin, L. A., Fiori, S. M., Aliotta, S., & Ginsberg, S. (2021). Can no-bubble methane seeps affect biological traits of benthic macroinvertebrates in coastal systems? Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 261, 15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107525

Pitcher, G. C., Aguirre-Velarde, A., Breitburg, D., Cardich, J., Carstensen, J., Conley, D. J., Dewitte, B., Engel, A., Espinoza-Morriberon, D., Flores, G., Garcon, V., Graco, M., Gregoire, M., Gutierrez, D., Hernandez-Ayon, J. M., Huang, H. H. M., Isensee, K., Jacinto, M. E., Levin, L., … Zhu, Z. Y. (2021). System controls of coastal and open ocean oxygen depletion. Progress in Oceanography, 197, 79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102613

Queiros, A. M., Talbot, E., Beaumont, N. J., Somerfield, P. J., Kay, S., Pascoe, C., Dedman, S., Fernandes, J. A., Jueterbock, A., Miller, P. I., Sailley, S. F., Sara, G., Carr, L. M., Austen, M. C., Widdicombe, S., Rilov, G., Levin, L. A., Hull, S. C., Walmsley, S. F., & Aonghusa, C. N. (2021). Bright spots as climate-smart marine spatial planning tools for conservation and blue growth. Global Change Biology, 18. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15827

Ashford, O. S., Guan, S. Z., Capone, D., Rigney, K., Rowley, K., Cordes, E. E., Cortes, J., Rouse, G. W., Mendoza, G. F., Sweetman, A. K., & Levin, L. A. (2021). Relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning proxies strengthen when approaching chemosynthetic deep-sea methane seeps. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 288(1957), 10. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0950

Le, J. T., Levin, L. A., Lejzerowicz, F., Cordier, T., Gooday, A. J., & Pawlowski, J. (2021). Scientific and budgetary trade-offs between morphological and molecular methods for deep-sea biodiversity assessment. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4466