Big in the benthos: Future change of seafloor community biomass in a global, body size‐resolved model

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Yool, Andrew, Martin, Adrian P., Anderson, Thomas R., Bett, Brian J., Jones, Daniel O. B., Ruhl, Henry A.
• Other Authors: Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Natural Environment Research Council
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Medusa; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13680; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fgcb.13680; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.13680; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/gcb.13680

Abstract Deep‐water benthic communities in the ocean are almost wholly dependent on near‐surface pelagic ecosystems for their supply of energy and material resources. Primary production in sunlit surface waters is channelled through complex food webs that extensively recycle organic material, but lo...