Great Abyssal Diversity Among the Microscopic
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By , on January 19th, 2010 One comment   Ecology, Microbes, New Research, Organisms   , , , , , ,  

An area the size of a coffee table on the deep-sea floor would yield hundreds of species. A few species would dominate with numbers in the 10-100′s. Yet most would be rare represented by a single lone individual. These latter species are the “rare biosphere” and one of the most conspicuous phenomena of the deep . . . → Read More: Great Abyssal Diversity Among the Microscopic

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Biodiversity Pt. 2: Mmmmm…donuts
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By , on May 3rd, 2009 4 comments   Organisms   , , , , , , , ,  

Source: Flickr by author Qfamily made available through Creative Commons Diversity is a matter of area. This is because there is a well-known relationship between species and area, called rather cleverly the species-area curve. You increase the size of the area sampled; you increase the number of species. However, this relationship is not linear as . . . → Read More: Biodiversity Pt. 2: Mmmmm…donuts

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