A trait‐based metric sheds new light on the nature of the body size–depth relationship in the deep sea

• Published in: Journal of Animal Ecology
• Main Authors: Mindel, Beth L., Webb, Thomas J., Neat, Francis C., Blanchard, Julia L.
• Other Authors: Gaillard, Jean‐Michel, Natural Environment Research Council
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Rockall Trough; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12471; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F1365-2656.12471; https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2656.12471

Summary Variation within species is an often‐overlooked aspect of community ecology, despite the fact that the ontogenetic structure of populations influences processes right up to the ecosystem level. Accounting for traits at the individual level is an important advance in the implementation of tra...