Exponential decline of deep-sea ecosystem functioning linked to benthic biodiversity loss.

By Roberto Danovaro, Cristina Gambi, Antonio Dell'Anno, C. Corinaldesi, Simonetta Fraschetti, A. Vanreusel, M. Vincx, A. Gooday. Current Biology, 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Oceanography

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