Marine Animal Forests - The Ecology of Benthic Biodiversity Hotspots
Marine Animal Forests - The Ecology of Benthic Biodiversity Hotspots
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海洋动物森林 - 底栖生物多样性热点地区的生态
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10.1007/978-3-319-17001-5_6-1
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2015
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Henry L
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所有珊瑚物种的一半以上生活在超过50米的海洋深度，其中一些能够建造长达数十公里、高达数百米的珊瑚礁。在这些冷水珊瑚礁上发现的生物多样性令人震惊，但也令人惊叹，因为与光层和中温带形成对比的是，很少有珊瑚物种真正在这些深度形成框架矩阵。鉴于迅速的气候变化和前所未有的人为干扰速度，我们迫切需要了解我们海洋深处的生物多样性是如何与这些栖息地的持久性相联系的。我们提供了与主要珊瑚礁骨架形成物种相关的动物生物多样性的综合概述，并就物种多样性、组成和区域物种池的全球趋势、巨大的知识差距以及冷水珊瑚科学为帮助填补这些差距而采用的技术前沿进行了讨论。
Over half of all scleractinian coral species inhabit ocean depths greater than 50 m, some of which are capable of constructing reefs tens of kilometers long and hundreds of meters high. The biodiversity of life found on these cold-water coral reefs is astounding yet remarkable since, in contrast to the photic and mesophotic zones, so few coral species actually create a framework matrix at these depths. In light of rapid climate change and unprecedented rates of anthropogenic disturbance, it is urgent we understand how biodiversity in the depths of our oceans is coupled to the persistence of these habitats. We provide a synthetic overview of animal biodiversity associated with major reef framework-forming species, discussing this with respect to global trends in species diversity, composition, and regional species pools, large knowledge gaps, and also the frontiers in technology that cold-water coral science is adopting to help address these gaps.