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Showing in Order in Diversity. Art into the Abyss Lecture II R.S. Carney. >250 mm. Bentho -pelagic. Challenging the Traditional View:. A Vast Mud Bottom Subsisting on a Meager Detrital Rain. Macro & Meio Benthos. Mega Benthos. Gulf of Mexico Drift Camera, I.R. MacDonald.
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Showing in Order in Diversity Art into the Abyss Lecture II R.S. Carney
>250 mm Bentho-pelagic Challenging the Traditional View: A Vast Mud Bottom Subsisting on a Meager Detrital Rain Macro & Meio Benthos Mega Benthos Gulf of Mexico Drift Camera, I.R. MacDonald
Gradient-DominatedRibbon of Habitats 1. Pressure 2. Temperature 3. Salinity 4. Detrital Food 5. Oxygen 6. Sediment Parameters ETOP02 Fledermaus Image, COMARGE
Perspectives & Objectives Exploitation of margins drives increasedsampling & study. Weseek to understanddiversity, distribution & abundanceof benthic life on continental margins by testingold concepts & exploringdeep habitats with new data on a world-widescale. Our objectives are to: - Describe the diversity patterns within multiple habitats and across a range of spatial scales. - Identify the environmental factors that are the primary causes of the diversity patterns found.
Large-Scale Patterns of Species Distribution Synthesis of 34 zonation studies from 7 regions 1. Faunalchanges or speciesturnover occurat all depths 2. Zonation is a common pattern even in the deep warm Mediterranean 3. Regionalratherthan global patterns predominate 4. Increaseduniformity of faunal composition isfoundwithdepth 2 Km 3 Km 4 Km 5 Km Menot, L. and COMARGE SSC Members , 2010.
6. Gulf of Mexico, Isopoda Patterns of Diversity Depth Maxima at Regional Scales Menot, L. and COMARGE SSC Members , 2010. Based on Wilson, G.D.F.,2008.
Diversity defined by probability i=n • You reach into the deep ocean and grab one animal then set it aside. • You reach into the deep ocean and grab another animal. • What is the probability that you selected the same species twice? 1-∑pi2 i=1
Earnst HaeckelKunstformen der NaturFinding Order inDiversityKinship Trees
Morphological Diversity • Organisms which grow and add parts according to very simple rules can display a great diversity of shapes. • Simply have each separate species vary the rules slightly.
The Snail Matisse
Escher Tesselation