Adult life strategy affects distribution patterns in abyssal isopods – implications for conservation in Pacific nodule areas

<p>With increasing pressure to extract minerals from the deep-sea bed, understanding the ecological and evolutionary processes that limit the spatial distribution of species is critical to assessing ecosystem resilience to mining impacts. The aim of our study is to gain a better knowledge abou...

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Main Authors: S. Brix, K. J. Osborn, S. Kaiser, S. B. Truskey, S. M. Schnurr, N. Brenke, M. Malyutina, P. Martinez Arbizu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2020-12-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/17/6163/2020/bg-17-6163-2020.pdf