Diversity patterns along and across the Chilean margin: A continental slope encompassing oxygen gradients and methane seep benthic habitats

• Published in: Marine Ecology
• Main Authors: Sellanes, Javier, Neira, C., Quiroga, E., Teixidó, Nuria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing 2010
• Subjects: Methane seeps; Oxygen minimum zone; Benthic biodiversity; Chile margin; Continental slope; Habitat heterogeneity; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Vidal; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/56612; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00332.x

14 páginas, 4 tablas,5 figuras. In the present study we review datasets available for the Chilean margin to assess the relationship between environmental (or habitat) heterogeneity and benthic diversity. Several factors, such as the presence of different water masses, including the oxygen-deficient E...