Large spatial scale variability in bathyal macrobenthos abundance, biomass, α- and β-diversity along the Mediterranean continental margin.

Pair-wise comparisons of the WM and CM basins and the WM and EM basins were highly significant, whereas those for the CM and EM basins were not (p = 0.16). β-diversity in the macrofaunal composition: longitudinal and bathymetric trends Significant differences in β-diversity were found between: (i) the basins ( Table S5A ); (ii) the slopes of the different basins ( Table S5B ); and (iii) the slopes within each basin ( Table S5C ).

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The present study also recorded a decreasing trend in the macrofauna standing stock from the WM to the CM and EM basins, the only exception being the evident drop along the Balearic slope area (WM-1).

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