Project-583

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Type: Project
Name: Mariene biodiversiteit : de hyperbenthische gemeenschappen van continentale hellingen
Description @en: Many studies are focused on the distribution of populations and communities associated with environmental gradients. One of the greatest environmental gradients on this planet is that related to depth on the sloping parts of the floor of the ocean. However, the causes of the patterns found along these gradients remain one of the most difficult and elusive problems faced by deep-sea ecologists. Furthermore, there are few data on the depth-related distribution of the smaller animals. This project pursues a research on structural biodiversity (expressed as density, species composition and population structure of a community) of the hyperbenthic fauna along these depth gradients on continental slopes in different areas along the European coasts (Porcupine Seabight, Galicia Bank,...). This study also aims at investigating depth-related distribution of the hyperbenthic organisms on different taxonomic levels. With this research we hope to contribute to the inventory of the global biodiversity of marine hyperbenthic communities.
Start date: 1999
End date: 2003

A, Atlantic; defined term set: ASFA Geoterms; term code: 181721; ANE, North Sea; defined term set: ASFA Geoterms; term code: 182108; Antarctic; defined term set: CSA Technology Research Database Master Thesaurus; term code: 67694; Biodiversity; defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List; term code: 9471; Continental shelf; defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List; term code: 1835; Continental slope; defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List; term code: 1839; Deep sea; defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List; term code: 2145; Ecological diversity; defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List; term code: 2614; Ecology; defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List; term code: 2622; France; defined term set: ASFA Geoterms; term code: 183773; Genetic diversity; defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List; term code: 9656; Ichthyology; defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List; term code: 4224; Oceanology; defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List; term code: 5714; Systematics; defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List; term code: 8325; Taxonomy; defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List; term code: 8377; Zoology; defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List; term code: 9442
taxonomic terms: Amphipoda [amphipods]; Annelida [segmented worms]; Crustacea [crustaceans]; Invertebrata; Metazoa; Molluscs; Mysidacea; Peracarida; Pisces [Fish]
geographic terms: Atlantic Ocean; France; North East Atlantic; North Sea