fauna

Faunal boundary line discovered across the deep Pacific Ocean

Image from the SMARTEX (Seabed Mining And Resilience To EXperimental impact) project
  • A study led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has revealed a biogeographical boundary at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
  • High biodiversity is maintained in deeper areas of the abyssal north Pacific seabed by phylum-level species shifts across this region.

Deep-sea canyon faunal heterogeneity greater than expected

Polychaete worm

Research at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) reveals that benthic fauna in deep-sea canyons are much more varied than previously thought.

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