Mortality, Population and Community Dynamics of the Glass Sponge Dominated Community “The Forest of the Weird” From the Ridge Seamount, Johnston Atoll, Pacific Ocean - Mitchell, Emily G.; Harris, Simon (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020)
Keywords: Aggregation; Aspidoscopulia; Atolls; Bayesian analysis; Bayesian network inference; Benthic communities; benthic ecology; Benthos; Biodiversity; Biological competition; Community ecology; Competition; Deep sea; Deep water; deep-sea ecology; Density; Dynamics; Ecology; Ecosystem dynamics; Environmental conditions; Environmental factors; Environmental gradient; Glass; Habitats; Marine ecosystems; Mortality; mortality dynamics; Narella; Photogrammetry; Population; Probability theory; Seamounts; Sessile species; Spatial analysis; Sponges; Taxa; Underwater vehicles; Unmanned vehicles; Johnston Atoll; Pacific Ocean