Submarine canyons a source of marine invertebrate diversity, abundance

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 16:00 in Earth & Climate

Submarine canyons play an important role in maintaining high levels of biodiversity of small invertebrates in the seafloor sediments of the main and northwestern Hawaiian Islands, according to new research. What's more, scientists have used this data to draw new connections between the levels of faunal diversity and the heterogeneity of submarine canyon landscapes at various spatial scales.

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