Habitat heterogeneity, disturbance, and productivity work in concert to regulate biodiversity in deep submarine canyons

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 964-976

  Mcclain, Craig R ^a,b   Barry, James P ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Biodiversity; Bioturbation; Bottom up; Canyon; Deep sea; Disturbance; Ecosystem engineering; Habitat heterogeneity; Productivity

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BIOTURBATION; CARBON FLUX; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBMARINE CANYON; TOPOGRAPHY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; SEA; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; VERTEBRATES;

MONTEREY CANYON; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77951154443     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0087.1     Document Type: Article

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