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Spatial changes in the distributions of deep-sea “Cerviniidae” (Harpacticoida, Copepoda) and their associations with environmental factors in the bathyal zone around Sagami Bay, Japan

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To estimate species turnover rates on scales of several tens of km in deep-sea benthic animals, we analyzed spatial and inter-annual changes in species diversity and composition of cerviniids, a typical group of deep-sea harpacticoids, at stations in and around Sagami Bay, central Japan. Associations with environmental factors were also investigated. Generally, bathymetrical patterns in diversity of benthos are unimodal and peak at depths of 2,000–3,000 m. In Sagami Bay, cerviniid diversity did not follow this trend; both species richness and evenness were negatively correlated with water depth. Multivariate analyses [detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) and non-metric multi-dimensional scaling] suggested that temporal changes in species composition of cerviniids are smaller than spatial changes that occur on horizontal scales of several tens of km. Community structure does not change completely on these scales in the bathyal zone around Sagami Bay. DCA also showed that bathymetrical changes in species composition can be regulated by certain factors associated with water depth.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to the officers and crew members of the research vessel Tansei-maru of the independent administrative institution, the Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). We also thank Dr. W. Lee who helped to identify males of N. itoi. Special thanks to two anonymous reviewers who kindly checked our manuscript. This study was partly supported by a grant from the Ministry of Education, Sports, Culture, Science, and Technology of Japan (No. 16770012), and complied with the current laws of Japan where it was performed.

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  1. Aitsu Marine Station, Center for Marine Environment Studies, Kumamoto University, Matsushima, Amakusa, Kumamoto, 861-6102, Japan

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  2. Institute for Research on Earth Evolution (IFREE), Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushimacho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan

    H. Nomaki & K. Iijima

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Shimanaga, M., Nomaki, H. & Iijima, K. Spatial changes in the distributions of deep-sea “Cerviniidae” (Harpacticoida, Copepoda) and their associations with environmental factors in the bathyal zone around Sagami Bay, Japan. Mar Biol 153, 493–506 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0817-7

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