Community structure and diversity of scavenging amphipods from bathyal to hadal depths in three South Pacific Trenches

Lacey, Nichola C.; Rowden, Ashley A.; Clark, Malcolm R.; Kilgallen, Niamh M.; Linley, Thomas; Mayor, Dan J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1295-0041; Jamieson, Alan J.. 2016 Community structure and diversity of scavenging amphipods from bathyal to hadal depths in three South Pacific Trenches. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 111. 121-137. 10.1016/j.dsr.2016.02.014

Full text not available from this repository.

Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2016.02.014

Abstract/Summary

There are few biological datasets that span large bathymetric ranges with sufficient resolution to identify trends across the abyssal and hadal transition zone, particularly over multiple trenches. Here, scavenging Amphipoda were collected from three trenches in the South Pacific Ocean at bathyal to hadal depths. Diversity and community structure were examined from stations within the Kermadec Trench (1490–9908 m) and New Hebrides Trench (2000–6948 m) and additional data were included from the South Fiji Basin (4000 m) and Peru-Chile Trench (4602–8074 m). The hadal community structure of the Kermadec and New Hebrides trenches were distinct from the surrounding abyssal and bathyal depths and correlated to hydrostatic pressure and POC flux. Low POC flux in the New Hebrides Trench and South Fiji Basin best explained the dissimilarity in abyssal community structure from those of the disparate Kermadec and Peru-Chile trenches. POC flux also best explained patterns in hadal community structure with the Kermadec and New Hebrides Trench communities showing greater similarity to each other than to the eutrophic Peru-Chile Trench. Hydrostatic pressure was the strongest driver of intra-trench assemblage composition in all trench environments. A unimodal pattern of species diversity, peaking between 4000 and 5000 m, was best explained by hydrostatic pressure and temperature.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.dsr.2016.02.014
ISSN:	09670637
Additional Keywords:	Amphipoda; Community structure; Bathyal; Abyssal; Hadal; Kermadec Trench; New Hebrides Trench; Peru-Chile Trench
Date made live:	29 Apr 2016 13:10 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513517

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1016/j.dsr.2016.02.014

ISSN:

09670637

Additional Keywords:

Amphipoda; Community structure; Bathyal; Abyssal; Hadal; Kermadec Trench; New Hebrides Trench; Peru-Chile Trench

Date made live:

29 Apr 2016 13:10 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513517