Deep Atlantic Biodiversity

Dear Colleagues,

The Diversity journal is soon to launch a Special Issue dedicated to “Deep Atlantic Biodiversity”.

Comprising a large proportion of the world’s ocean mass, the Atlantic ocean encompasses a wide range of habitats. This habitat richness includes abyssal plains, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, hydrothermal vent ecosystems, and more, driving large biodiversity in the deep ocean. With ever-developing techniques and technology, the understanding of the deep Atlantic ecosystems continues to develop. It is the goal of this Special Issue to bring together research from a variety of fields to answer the following questions for all size classes of organism: How are species distributed amongst the ocean floor in the Atlantic? What role do physical and non-physical barriers play in the taxonomic and genetic diversity in the Atlantic, and how are populations connected? How is biodiversity affected along a latitudinal gradient? What role does the ocean floor morphology play in driving benthic biodiversity? How can we detect cryptic diversity? How does diversity drive food production and nutrient cycling in the deep Atlantic? How does bacterial diversity influence benthic faunal communities? Interdisciplinary approaches are welcome as well as baseline research, including descriptions of species new to science in the context. Pure taxonomic papers will be processed in the new journal Taxonomy (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/taxonomy). Studies including taxonomy but providing answers to biogeographical or ecological/conservation questions will be considered for Diversity. 

Dr. Saskia Brix
Dr. James Taylor
Guest Editors

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