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Showing in Order in Diversity

Showing in Order in Diversity. Art into the Abyss Lecture II R.S. Carney. >250 mm. Bentho -pelagic. Challenging the Traditional View:. A Vast Mud Bottom Subsisting on a Meager Detrital Rain. Macro & Meio Benthos. Mega Benthos. Gulf of Mexico Drift Camera, I.R. MacDonald.

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Showing in Order in Diversity

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  1. Showing in Order in Diversity Art into the Abyss Lecture II R.S. Carney

  2. >250 mm Bentho-pelagic Challenging the Traditional View: A Vast Mud Bottom Subsisting on a Meager Detrital Rain Macro & Meio Benthos Mega Benthos Gulf of Mexico Drift Camera, I.R. MacDonald

  3. Gradient-DominatedRibbon of Habitats 1. Pressure 2. Temperature 3. Salinity 4. Detrital Food 5. Oxygen 6. Sediment Parameters ETOP02 Fledermaus Image, COMARGE

  4. Perspectives & Objectives Exploitation of margins drives increasedsampling & study. Weseek to understanddiversity, distribution & abundanceof benthic life on continental margins by testingold concepts & exploringdeep habitats with new data on a world-widescale. Our objectives are to: - Describe the diversity patterns within multiple habitats and across a range of spatial scales. - Identify the environmental factors that are the primary causes of the diversity patterns found.

  5. Large-Scale Patterns of Species Distribution Synthesis of 34 zonation studies from 7 regions 1. Faunalchanges or speciesturnover occurat all depths 2. Zonation is a common pattern even in the deep warm Mediterranean 3. Regionalratherthan global patterns predominate 4. Increaseduniformity of faunal composition isfoundwithdepth 2 Km 3 Km 4 Km 5 Km Menot, L. and COMARGE SSC Members , 2010.

  6. 6. Gulf of Mexico, Isopoda Patterns of Diversity Depth Maxima at Regional Scales Menot, L. and COMARGE SSC Members , 2010. Based on Wilson, G.D.F.,2008.

  7. Diversity defined by probability i=n • You reach into the deep ocean and grab one animal then set it aside. • You reach into the deep ocean and grab another animal. • What is the probability that you selected the same species twice? 1-∑pi2 i=1

  8. Earnst HaeckelKunstformen der NaturFinding Order inDiversityKinship Trees

  9. Kinship as a tree

  10. Tree of Lifetolweb.org

  11. TOL Annelida

  12. TOL Cephalopods

  13. Finding Order in Diversitythe Origins ofVariation

  14. Morphological Diversity • Organisms which grow and add parts according to very simple rules can display a great diversity of shapes. • Simply have each separate species vary the rules slightly.

  15. TREES

  16. TREES

  17. Flowers

  18. Turbosquid.com

  19. Patch Madras..captainscloset.com

  20. The Snail Matisse

  21. Escher Tesselation

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