Endemicity, biogeograhy, composition, and community structure on a northeast pacific seamount.

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, evolut...

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Main Authors: Craig R McClain, Lonny Lundsten, Micki Ream, James Barry, Andrew DeVogelaere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19127302/pdf/?tool=EBI