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Endemicity, biogeograhy, composition, and community structure on a northeast pacific seamount.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2009
McClain Craig R, Lundsten Lonny, Ream Micki, Barry James, DeVogelaere Andrew
Abstract excerpt
The deep ocean greater than 1 km covers the majority of the earth's surface. Interspersed on the abyssal plains and continental slope are an estimated 14000 seamounts, topographic features extending 1000 m off the seafloor. A variety of hypotheses are posited that suggest the ecological, evolutionary, and oceanographic processes on seamounts differ from those governing the surrounding deep sea. The most prominent...
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