FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Deep-Sea Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable
BT 
AF DANOVARO, Roberto
   BATISTA COMPANY, Joan
   CORINALDESI, Cinzia
   D'ONGHIA, Gianfranco
   GALIL, Bella
   GAMBI, Cristina
   GOODAY, Andrew J.
   LAMPADARIOU, Nikolaos
   LUNA, Gian Marco
   MORIGI, Caterina
   OLU, Karine
   POLYMENAKOU, Paraskevi
   RAMIREZ-LLODRA, Eva
   SABBATINI, Anna
   SARDA, Francesc
   SIBUET, Myriam
   TSELEPIDES, Anastasios
AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;4:3;5:4;6:1;7:5;8:6;9:1;10:7;11:8;12:6;13:2;14:1;15:2;16:9;17:10;
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C1 Univ Politecn Marche, Dipartimento Sci Mare, Ancona, Italy.
   CSIC, Inst Ciencias Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
   Univ Bari, Dept Anim & Environm Biol, Bari, Italy.
   Natl Inst Oceanog, IL-31080 Haifa, Israel.
   Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, Hants, England.
   Hellen Ctr Marine Res, Iraklion, Greece.
   Geol Survey Denmark & Greenland, Stratig Dept, Copenhagen, Denmark.
   IFREMER, Ctr Brest, Dept Etude Ecosyst Profonds, Plouzane, France.
   Inst Oceanog, Paris, France.
   Univ Piraeus, Dept Maritime Studies, Piraeus, France.
C2 UNIV POLITECN MARCHE, ITALY
   CSIC, SPAIN
   UNIV BARI, ITALY
   NATL INST OCEANOG HAIFA, ISRAEL
   NOC, UK
   HELLEN CTR MARINE RES, GREECE
   GEOL SURVEY DENMARK & GREENLAND, DENMARK
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   INST OCEANOG, FRANCE
   UNIV PIRAEUS, GREECE
SI BREST
SE PDG-DOP-DCB-EEP-LEP
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-europe
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 4.411
TC 221
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00011/12206/8974.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB Deep-sea ecosystems represent the largest biome of the global biosphere, but knowledge of their biodiversity is still scant. The Mediterranean basin has been proposed as a hot spot of terrestrial and coastal marine biodiversity but has been supposed to be impoverished of deep-sea species richness. We summarized all available information on benthic biodiversity (Prokaryotes, Foraminifera, Meiofauna, Macrofauna, and Megafauna) in different deep-sea ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea (200 to more than 4,000 m depth), including open slopes, deep basins, canyons, cold seeps, seamounts, deep-water corals and deep-hypersaline anoxic basins and analyzed overall longitudinal and bathymetric patterns. We show that in contrast to what was expected from the sharp decrease in organic carbon fluxes and reduced faunal abundance, the deep-sea biodiversity of both the eastern and the western basins of the Mediterranean Sea is similarly high. All of the biodiversity components, except Bacteria and Archaea, displayed a decreasing pattern with increasing water depth, but to a different extent for each component. Unlike patterns observed for faunal abundance, highest negative values of the slopes of the biodiversity patterns were observed for Meiofauna, followed by Macrofauna and Megafauna. Comparison of the biodiversity associated with open slopes, deep basins, canyons, and deep-water corals showed that the deep basins were the least diverse. Rarefaction curves allowed us to estimate the expected number of species for each benthic component in different bathymetric ranges. A large fraction of exclusive species was associated with each specific habitat or ecosystem. Thus, each deep-sea ecosystem contributes significantly to overall biodiversity. From theoretical extrapolations we estimate that the overall deep-sea Mediterranean biodiversity (excluding prokaryotes) reaches approximately 2805 species of which about 66% is still undiscovered. Among the biotic components investigated (Prokaryotes excluded), most of the unknown species are within the phylum Nematoda, followed by Foraminifera, but an important fraction of macrofaunal and megafaunal species also remains unknown. Data reported here provide new insights into the patterns of biodiversity in the deep-sea Mediterranean and new clues for future investigations aimed at identifying the factors controlling and threatening deep-sea biodiversity.
PY 2010
PD AUG
SO Plos One
SN 1932-6203
PU Public Library Science
VL 5
IS 8
UT 000280520400006
DI 10.1371/journal.pone.0011832
ID 12206
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