Large Spatial Scale Variability in Bathyal Macrobenthos Abundance, Biomass, α- and β-Diversity along the Mediterranean Continental Margin

• Elisa Baldrighi,

  Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council (ISMAR-CNR), Ancona, Italy

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• Marc Lavaleye,

  Affiliation Department of Marine Ecology, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, The Netherlands

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• Stefano Aliani,

  Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council (ISMAR-CNR), La Spezia, Italy

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• Alessandra Conversi,

  Affiliations Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council (ISMAR-CNR), La Spezia, Italy, Marine Institute, Plymouth University, Plymouth, United Kingdom

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• Elena Manini

  * E-mail: e.manini@ismar.cnr.it

  Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council (ISMAR-CNR), Ancona, Italy

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