Mega-epibenthos at Bouvet Island (South Atlantic): a spatially isolated biodiversity hot spot on a tiny geological spot
9 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables, detailed transect data (position, depth), photographs and abundances per photograph are available at http://www.pangaea.de/PangaVista?query=@Ref26493 Mega-epibenthic diversity was analysed using a seabed photography at four stations off Bouvet Island and one station at...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/121449 2024-02-11T09:58:33+01:00 Mega-epibenthos at Bouvet Island (South Atlantic): a spatially isolated biodiversity hot spot on a tiny geological spot Gutt, Julian Fricke, Anna Teixidó, Nuria Potthoff, Michael Arntz, Wolf E. 2006-01 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/121449 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0012-6 unknown Springer https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0012-6 doi:10.1007/s00300-005-0012-6 issn: 0722-4060 e-issn: 1432-2056 Polar Biology 29(2): 97-105 (2006) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/121449 none artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2006 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0012-6 2024-01-16T10:10:14Z 9 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables, detailed transect data (position, depth), photographs and abundances per photograph are available at http://www.pangaea.de/PangaVista?query=@Ref26493 Mega-epibenthic diversity was analysed using a seabed photography at four stations off Bouvet Island and one station at the Spiess Seamount in the South Atlantic. Surprisingly, the intermediate-scale diversity within the area of investigation was not lower compared to that on the Patagonian shelf and only moderately lower than that on the Antarctic continental shelf. This result is incompatible with Mac Arthur and Wilson's Island Biogeography Theory describing species richness as a function of immigration of new species into an area and its extension. The relatively high species number and the very small extension of the Bouvet shelf compared to the much larger continental shelves of the other two areas can be explained by long-range dispersal of marine benthic animals in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and high habitat heterogeneity. The observed uncoupling of intermediate-scale from large-scale background species diversity on the Antarctic shelf raises the question whether in these benthic systems an upper capacity limit for diversity exists. © Springer-Verlag 2005 Peer Reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Bouvet Island Polar Biology Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Antarctic Bouvet ENVELOPE(3.358,3.358,-54.422,-54.422) Bouvet Island ENVELOPE(3.358,3.358,-54.422,-54.422) Spiess Seamount ENVELOPE(0.250,0.250,-54.667,-54.667) The Antarctic Polar Biology 29 2 97 105 |
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9 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables, detailed transect data (position, depth), photographs and abundances per photograph are available at http://www.pangaea.de/PangaVista?query=@Ref26493 Mega-epibenthic diversity was analysed using a seabed photography at four stations off Bouvet Island and one station at the Spiess Seamount in the South Atlantic. Surprisingly, the intermediate-scale diversity within the area of investigation was not lower compared to that on the Patagonian shelf and only moderately lower than that on the Antarctic continental shelf. This result is incompatible with Mac Arthur and Wilson's Island Biogeography Theory describing species richness as a function of immigration of new species into an area and its extension. The relatively high species number and the very small extension of the Bouvet shelf compared to the much larger continental shelves of the other two areas can be explained by long-range dispersal of marine benthic animals in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and high habitat heterogeneity. The observed uncoupling of intermediate-scale from large-scale background species diversity on the Antarctic shelf raises the question whether in these benthic systems an upper capacity limit for diversity exists. © Springer-Verlag 2005 Peer Reviewed |
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Gutt, Julian Fricke, Anna Teixidó, Nuria Potthoff, Michael Arntz, Wolf E. Mega-epibenthos at Bouvet Island (South Atlantic): a spatially isolated biodiversity hot spot on a tiny geological spot |
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Mega-epibenthos at Bouvet Island (South Atlantic): a spatially isolated biodiversity hot spot on a tiny geological spot |
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Mega-epibenthos at Bouvet Island (South Atlantic): a spatially isolated biodiversity hot spot on a tiny geological spot |
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Mega-epibenthos at Bouvet Island (South Atlantic): a spatially isolated biodiversity hot spot on a tiny geological spot |
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Mega-epibenthos at Bouvet Island (South Atlantic): a spatially isolated biodiversity hot spot on a tiny geological spot |
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Mega-epibenthos at Bouvet Island (South Atlantic): a spatially isolated biodiversity hot spot on a tiny geological spot |
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mega-epibenthos at bouvet island (south atlantic): a spatially isolated biodiversity hot spot on a tiny geological spot |
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