Deep-Sea Species Diversity: Decreased Gastropod Diversity at Abyssal Depths
- 14 September 1973
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 181 (4104) , 1051-1053
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.181.4104.1051
Abstract
Gastropod species diversity is low on the continental shelf, high on the continental slope and abyssal rise, and then decreases with increasing distance out onto the abyssal plain. Increased diversity below the continental shelf has been attributed to increased environmental stability. Decreased diversity on the abyss may result from extremely low productivity.Keywords
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