02705cam a2200337 a 4500 15802155 OSt 20150408114013.0 090702s2010 mauabf b 001 0 eng 2009024415 GBA9B1067 bnb 015421384 Uk 0674036077 (alk. paper) 9780674036079 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn319493043 DLC DLC BTCTA UKM C#P YDXCP BWX CDX SZR PAY SNK DLC QH91.8.D44 R49 2010 578.779 22 Rex, Michael A., 1946- 10550 Deep-sea biodiversity : pattern and scale / Michael A. Rex, Ron J. Etter. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. xii, 354 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Setting the stage: patterns of benthic standing stock -- Local species diversity -- Regional patterns of alpha species diversity -- Oceanwide variation in alpha species diversity and long-term change -- Beta diversity along depth gradients -- Evolutionary processes in the deep sea -- Summary. "Frigid, dark, and energy-deprived, the deep sea was long considered hostile to life. However, new sampling technologies and intense international research efforts in recent decades have revealed a remarkably rich fauna and an astonishing variety of novel habitats. These recent discoveries have changed the way we look at global biodiversity." "In Deep-Sea Biodiversity, Michael Rex and Ron Etter present the first synthesis of patterns and causes of biodiversity in organisms that dwell in the vast sediment ecosystem that blankets the ocean floor. They provide the most comprehensive analysis to date of geographic variation in benthic animal abundance and biomass. The authors document geographic patterns of deep-sea species diversity and integrate potential ecological causes across scales of time and space. They also review the most recent molecular population genetic evidence to describe how and where evolutionary processes have generated the unique deep-sea fauna. Deep-Sea Biodiversity offers a new understanding of marine biodiversity that will be of general interest to ecologists and is crucial to responsible exploitation of natural resources at the deep-sea floor."--BOOK JACKET. Deep-sea biology. 10551 Marine biodiversity. 10552 Etter, Ron J., 1955- 10553 ddc BOOK 21407 255907 0 2013-03-10 0 0 578.779 R M D 2012-04-10 EMF 00076343 EMF 2013-03-10 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0 0 2013-03-10 0 0 578.779 R M D 2012-04-10 EMF 00076341 EMF 2013-03-10 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0