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| Vanreusel, Ann; Fonseca, Gustavo; Danovaro, Roberto; Da Silva, Maria Cristina; Esteves, Andre M.; Ferrero, Tim; Gad, Gunnar; Galtsova, Valentina; Gambi, Cristina; Genevois, Veronica Da Fonseca; Ingels, Jeroen; Ingole, Baban; Lampadariou, Nikolaos; Merckx, Bea; Miljutin, Dmitry; Miljutina, Maria; Muthumbi, Agnes; Netto, Sergio; Portnova, Daria; Radziejewska, Teresa; Raes, Maarten; Tchesunov, Alexei; Vanaverbeke, Jan; Van Gaever, Saskia; Venekey, Virag; Bezerra, Tania Nara; Flint, Hannah; Copley, John; Pape, Ellen; Zeppilli, Daniela; Martinez, Pedro Arbizu; Galeron, Joelle. |
| The great variety of geological and hydrological conditions in the deep sea generates many different habitats. Some are only recently explored, although their true extent and geographical coverage are still not fully established. Both continental margins and mid-oceanic seafloors are much more complex ecologically, geologically, chemically and hydrodynamically than originally thought. As a result, fundamental patterns of species distribution first observed and explained in the context of relatively monotonous slopes and abyssal plains must now be re-evaluated in the light of this newly recognized habitat heterogeneity. Based on a global database of nematode genus composition, collected as part of the Census of Marine Life, we show that macrohabitat... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Census of marine life; Deep sea; Habitat heterogeneity; Meiofauna; Nematode genera. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00002/11280/11783.pdf |
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