Latitudinal diversity patterns of deep-sea marine nematodes and organic fluxes: a test from the central equatorial Pacific
The discovery of an apparently positive latitudinal gradient in nematode species richness over a limited geographic area in the North Atlantic, leading to the hypothesis that it is associated with a positive latitudinal organic flux gradient, has created some debate. A test of this hypothesis is tha...
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ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:6041 2023-07-30T04:05:14+02:00 Latitudinal diversity patterns of deep-sea marine nematodes and organic fluxes: a test from the central equatorial Pacific Lambshead, P. John D. Brown, Caroline J. Ferrero, Timothy J. Mitchell, Nicola J. Smith, Craig R. Hawkins, Lawrence E. Tietjen, John 2002-07-03 https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/6041/ unknown Lambshead, P. John D., Brown, Caroline J., Ferrero, Timothy J., Mitchell, Nicola J., Smith, Craig R., Hawkins, Lawrence E. and Tietjen, John (2002) Latitudinal diversity patterns of deep-sea marine nematodes and organic fluxes: a test from the central equatorial Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 236, 129-135. (doi:10.3354/meps236129 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps236129>). Article PeerReviewed 2002 ftsouthampton https://doi.org/10.3354/meps236129 2023-07-09T20:29:08Z The discovery of an apparently positive latitudinal gradient in nematode species richness over a limited geographic area in the North Atlantic, leading to the hypothesis that it is associated with a positive latitudinal organic flux gradient, has created some debate. A test of this hypothesis is that the negative latitudinal organic flux gradient in the central equatorial Pacific should lead to an associated negative gradient in species richness. Here, we show that species richness in the central equatorial Pacific is positively associated with the organic flux predicted from the pattern reported for the North Atlantic. The patterns in nematode species richness differ from other deep-sea organisms; they seem to be entirely related to modern ecology and unaffected by historical events. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton Pacific Marine Ecology Progress Series 236 129 135 |
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The discovery of an apparently positive latitudinal gradient in nematode species richness over a limited geographic area in the North Atlantic, leading to the hypothesis that it is associated with a positive latitudinal organic flux gradient, has created some debate. A test of this hypothesis is that the negative latitudinal organic flux gradient in the central equatorial Pacific should lead to an associated negative gradient in species richness. Here, we show that species richness in the central equatorial Pacific is positively associated with the organic flux predicted from the pattern reported for the North Atlantic. The patterns in nematode species richness differ from other deep-sea organisms; they seem to be entirely related to modern ecology and unaffected by historical events. |
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Lambshead, P. John D. Brown, Caroline J. Ferrero, Timothy J. Mitchell, Nicola J. Smith, Craig R. Hawkins, Lawrence E. Tietjen, John |
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Lambshead, P. John D. Brown, Caroline J. Ferrero, Timothy J. Mitchell, Nicola J. Smith, Craig R. Hawkins, Lawrence E. Tietjen, John Latitudinal diversity patterns of deep-sea marine nematodes and organic fluxes: a test from the central equatorial Pacific |
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Lambshead, P. John D. Brown, Caroline J. Ferrero, Timothy J. Mitchell, Nicola J. Smith, Craig R. Hawkins, Lawrence E. Tietjen, John |
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Latitudinal diversity patterns of deep-sea marine nematodes and organic fluxes: a test from the central equatorial Pacific |
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Latitudinal diversity patterns of deep-sea marine nematodes and organic fluxes: a test from the central equatorial Pacific |
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Latitudinal diversity patterns of deep-sea marine nematodes and organic fluxes: a test from the central equatorial Pacific |
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Latitudinal diversity patterns of deep-sea marine nematodes and organic fluxes: a test from the central equatorial Pacific |
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Latitudinal diversity patterns of deep-sea marine nematodes and organic fluxes: a test from the central equatorial Pacific |
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latitudinal diversity patterns of deep-sea marine nematodes and organic fluxes: a test from the central equatorial pacific |
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Lambshead, P. John D., Brown, Caroline J., Ferrero, Timothy J., Mitchell, Nicola J., Smith, Craig R., Hawkins, Lawrence E. and Tietjen, John (2002) Latitudinal diversity patterns of deep-sea marine nematodes and organic fluxes: a test from the central equatorial Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 236, 129-135. (doi:10.3354/meps236129 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps236129>). |
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