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, BL, Webb, TJ, Neat, FC, Blanchard, JL
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2016
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Community Ecology; Rockall Trough; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12471; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26559778; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/106279

1. 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 trait-ba...