Deep-sea diversity patterns are shaped by energy availability

Skipton N. C. Woolley (), Derek P. Tittensor, Piers K. Dunstan, Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita, José J. Lahoz-Monfort, Brendan A. Wintle, Boris Worm and Timothy D. O’Hara
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Skipton N. C. Woolley: Museum Victoria
Derek P. Tittensor: Dalhousie University
Piers K. Dunstan: CSIRO, Wealth from Oceans Flagship
Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita: Quantitative and Applied Ecology Group, School of Biological Sciences, BioSciences Building 2, The University of Melbourne
José J. Lahoz-Monfort: Quantitative and Applied Ecology Group, School of Biological Sciences, BioSciences Building 2, The University of Melbourne
Brendan A. Wintle: Quantitative and Applied Ecology Group, School of Biological Sciences, BioSciences Building 2, The University of Melbourne
Boris Worm: Dalhousie University
Timothy D. O’Hara: Museum Victoria

Nature, 2016, vol. 533, issue 7603, 393-396

Abstract: Depth-dependent patterns in ocean species diversity can be explained by latitudinal variations in energy availability, with shelf and upper-slope diversity increasing with thermal energy availability, and deep-sea diversity increasing with chemical energy availability; the discovery of these distinct patterns could help to guide the conservation and management of these remote ecosystems.

Date: 2016
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