ANDEEP stands for ANtarctic benthic DEEP-sea biodiversity: colonization history and recent community patterns

Project leaders: Angelika Brandt, Zoological Museum Hamburg, Brigitte Ebbe, Senckenberg Institute, German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research, Wilhelmshaven 

BIOZAIRE refers to the study of the benthic communities in the deep sea influenced by the Zaire canyon (now called Congo canyon) 

Project leaders: Myriam Sibuet, Institut Océanographique, Paris Joëlle Galéron, Ifremer, Plouzané

CROZEX stands for CROZet natural iron bloom and EXport experiment

Project leader: David Billett, National Oceanography Centre Southampton

DIVA stands for: Latitudinal Gradients in  Biodiversity in the deep Atlantic

Project leader: Pedro Martinez Arbizu, Senckenberg-Institute, German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research, Wilhelmshaven

ENAB stands for Evolution in the North American Basin

Project leaders: Ron Etter and Michael Rex, University of Massachusetts Boston

Check out the project´s website under
http://www.etterlab.umb.edu/Evolution.html !

KAPLAN is a project on biodiversity, species ranges, and gene flow in the abyssal Pacific nodule province: predicting and managing the impacts of deep seabed mining

Project leader: Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Manoa

LEVAR stands for: LEvantine Basin Biodiversity VARiability

Project leader: Dr. M. Türkay, Senckenberg Institute, Frankfurt

NODINAUT - The name Nodinaut refers to the study area in the central Pacific Manganese nodule area and the name of the submarine Nautile which was used during the expedition.

Project leader: Joëlle Galéron, Ifremer, Plouzané

PAP stands for Porcupine Abyssal Plain

Project leader: David Billett, National Oceanography Centre Southampton