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TI A Southern Hemisphere Bathyal Fauna Is Distributed in Latitudinal Bands
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AF O'HARA, Timothy D.
   ROWDEN, Ashley A.
   BAX, Nicholas J.
AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;
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C1 Museum Victoria, Dept Sci, Melbourne, Vic 3001, Australia.
   Natl Inst Water & Atmospher Res, Marine Ecol Program, Wellington 6021, New Zealand.
   Commonwealth Sci & Ind Res Org, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia.
C2 MUSEUM VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
   NIWA, NEW ZEALAND
   CSIRO, AUSTRALIA
IF 9.647
TC 69
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00467/57836/60125.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00467/57836/60126.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00467/57836/60127.xls
LA English
DT Article
CR TROPICAL DEEP-SEA BENTHOS
AB The large-scale spatial distribution of seafloor fauna is still poorly understood. In particular, the bathyal zone has been identified as the key depth stratum requiring further macro-ecological research [1], particularly in the Southern Hemisphere [2]. Here we analyze a large biological data set derived from 295 research expeditions, across an equator-to-pole sector of the Indian, Pacific, and Southern oceans, to show that the bathyal ophiuroid fauna is distributed in three broad latitudinal bands and not primarily differentiated by oceanic basins as previously assumed. Adjacent faunas form transitional ecoclines rather than biogeographical breaks. This pattern is similar to that in shallow water despite the order-of-magnitude reduction in the variability of environmental parameters at bathyal depths. A reliable biogeography is fundamental to establishing a representative network of marine reserves across the world's oceans [1, 3]. 
PY 2011
PD FEB
SO Current Biology
SN 0960-9822
PU Cell Press
VL 21
IS 3
UT 000287259600025
BP 226
EP 230
DI 10.1016/j.cub.2011.01.002
ID 57836
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