Seasonal changes in fish assemblage structure at a shallow seamount in the Gulf of California.

ABSTRACT: Seamounts have generally been identified as locations that can promote elevated productivity, biomass and predator biodiversity. These properties attract seamount-associated fisheries where elevated harvests can be obtained relative to surrounding areas. There exists large variation in the geological and oceanographic environment among the thousands of locations that fall within the broad definition of seamount. Global seamount surveys have revealed that not all seamounts are hotspots of biodiversity, and there remains a strong need to understand the mechanisms that underlie variation in species richness observed. We examined the process of fish species assembly at El Bajo Espiritu Santo (EBES) seamount in the Gulf of California over a five-year study period. To effectively quantify the re

SUBMITTER: Jorgensen SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5018667 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature