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Gaertner, Jean-claude; Maiorano, Porza; Merigot, Bastien; Colloca, Francesco; Politou, Chrissi-yianna; Gil De Sola, Luis; Bertrand, Jacques; Murenu, Matteo; Durbec, Jean-pierre; Kallianiotis, Argyris; Mannini, Alessandro. |
Large-scale studies focused on the diversity of continental slope ecosystems are still rare, usually restricted to a limited number of diversity indices and mainly based on the empirical comparison of heterogeneous local data sets. In contrast, we investigate large-scale fish diversity on the basis of multiple diversity indices and using 1454 standardized trawl hauls collected throughout the upper and middle slope of the whole northern Mediterranean Sea (36 degrees 3' - 45 degrees 7' N; 5 degrees 3'W - 28 degrees E). We have analyzed (1) the empirical relationships between a set of 11 diversity indices in order to assess their degree of complementarity/redundancy and (2) the consistency of spatial patterns exhibited by each of the complementary groups of... |
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Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00152/26299/24392.pdf |
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