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Depth Gradient Patterns

Depth Gradient Patterns is a theoretical construct in deep-sea biodiversity that characterizes the systematic variation in species distribution, abundance, and community composition across increasing water depths, distinguished by its emphasis on ecological and environmental gradients driving biodiversity changes along the vertical dimension of the ocean.

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418

Deep-sea biology: a natural history of organisms at the deep-sea floor

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 1.1K citations

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Global-scale latitudinal patterns of species diversity in the deep-sea benthos

Michael A. Rex, Carol T. Stuart, Robert R. Hessler et al. · Nature · 1993 · 424 citations

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The rate of metabolism in marine animals: environmental constraints, ecological demands and energetic opportunities

Brad A. Seibel, Jeffrey C. Drazen · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2007 · 353 citations · Full text

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Shallow water as a refuge habitat for fish and crustaceans in non-vegetated estuaries: an example from Chesapeake Bay

AH Hines, MH Posey · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 1993 · 339 citations · Full text

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Decadal and basin-scale variation in mixed layer depth and the impact on biological production in the Central and North Pacific, 1960-88

Jeffrey J. Polovina, Gary T. Mitchum, Geofrrey T. Evans · Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers · 1995 · 337 citations

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    Angelika Brandt

    Museum am Rothenbaum, Germany

    7 publications · 292 citations

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    Marti J. Anderson

    Massey University, New Zealand

    5 publications · 267 citations

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    Jianjun Wang

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    5 publications · 151 citations

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    Michael P. Lesser

    University of New Hampshire, United States

    5 publications · 279 citations

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    Nikolaos Lampadariou

    Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece

    4 publications · 191 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    56 publications

    3.7K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    14 h-index

    56 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. University of Hawaii System

    Honolulu, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    729 citations

  4. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies

    Townsville, Australia

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    411 citations

  5. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

    Silver Spring, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    510 citations

  7. James Cook University

    Townsville, Australia

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    385 citations

  8. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research

    Anavyssos, Greece

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    611 citations

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  1. Marine Ecology Progress Series

    MEPS · 26 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. PLoS ONE

    14 publications · 884 citations

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  3. Marine Ecology

    12 publications · 768 citations

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  4. Frontiers in Marine Science

    10 publications · 268 citations

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  5. PeerJ

    8 publications · 372 citations

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