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Mitochondrial DNA (COI) analyses reveal that amphipod diversity is associated with environmental heterogeneity in deep-sea habitats.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2012
Knox Matthew A, Hogg Ian D, Pilditch Conrad A, Lörz Anne-Nina, Hebert Paul D N, Steinke Dirk
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The relationship between species diversity and environmental parameters is poorly understood for the mobile macrofauna of deep-sea habitats due to under-sampling and subsequent lack of accurate taxonomic information. To redress this, cytochrome oxidase c subunit I (COI) DNA sequences were used to estimate species diversity and to compare phoxocephalid amphipod assemblages among 20 stations encompassing a range of...
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