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- Title
Spatial changes in the distributions of deep-sea “Cerviniidae” (Harpacticoida, Copepoda) and their associations with environmental factors in the bathyal zone around Sagami Bay, Japan.
- Authors
Shimanaga, M.; Nomaki, H.; Iijima, K.
- Abstract
To estimate species turnover rates on scales of several tens of km in deep-sea benthic animals, we analyzed spatial and inter-annual changes in species diversity and composition of cerviniids, a typical group of deep-sea harpacticoids, at stations in and around Sagami Bay, central Japan. Associations with environmental factors were also investigated. Generally, bathymetrical patterns in diversity of benthos are unimodal and peak at depths of 2,000–3,000 m. In Sagami Bay, cerviniid diversity did not follow this trend; both species richness and evenness were negatively correlated with water depth. Multivariate analyses [detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) and non-metric multi-dimensional scaling] suggested that temporal changes in species composition of cerviniids are smaller than spatial changes that occur on horizontal scales of several tens of km. Community structure does not change completely on these scales in the bathyal zone around Sagami Bay. DCA also showed that bathymetrical changes in species composition can be regulated by certain factors associated with water depth.
- Subjects
SAGAMI Bay (Japan); JAPAN; CERVINIIDAE; HARPACTICOIDA; AQUATIC animals; MARINE animals; SPECIES diversity; BENTHOS; AQUATIC biology
- Publication
Marine Biology, 2008, Vol 153, Issue 4, p493
- ISSN
0025-3162
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00227-007-0817-7