Patterns in submarine canyons: role of scale and heterogeneity WG coordinator: Steve Ross (rosss@uncw.edu), Present at INCISE2014 discussion: Steve Ross, Claudio Lo Iacono, Marie-Claire Fabri, Tahmeena Aslam, Tim Shank, Laetitia Gunton, Sara Roman, Fabio Matos, Martina Pierdomenico, Katleen Robert, Craig Robertson, Andrew Davies
Present at INCISE2016 discussion: Claudio Lo Iacono (chair), Fabio Matos (rapporteur), Gary Green, Laetitia Gunton (taking notes), Natalie Valette-Silver, Kevin Power, Neus Campanà, Chih-Lin Wei, Marie-Claire Fabri, Pauline Chauvet Discussion topics: • Can we quantify heterogeneity in canyons and does it vary between canyons? • What causes the patterns in canyon communities and is there a universal community? • Why is there not more physical data? Is this what is most needed? • What data do we need now? Most important? • What processes control patterns? • How similar are canyons across a gradient? • How much do canyons influence an area on the larger scale? • Are “active” canyons more/less biodiverse than “passive” ones? Outputs:
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