Fig. 3: Global trait space occupied by functional entities (FEs) of benthic species impacted and non-impacted by mortality drivers across the Mediterranean Sea. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Global trait space occupied by functional entities (FEs) of benthic species impacted and non-impacted by mortality drivers across the Mediterranean Sea.

From: Vulnerability of benthic trait diversity across the Mediterranean Sea following mass mortality events

Fig. 3

The trait space for the global pool of 389 benthic species and 228 FEs. The axes (PCoA1 and PCoA2) represent the first two dimensions of the 6D functional space collectively explaining 54.2% of the total deviance. a Global trait space of benthic Mediterranean species. The FEs are non-impacted are filled in white, whereas the FEs damaged by mortality drivers are filled in color. The size of the dots represents the number of species within a FE. b Trait space of FEs impacted by mortality drivers following mortality severity: from ≥10% to >90% damaged. The legends within each panel show the number of non-impacted FEs (in white) and damaged FEs (in color) and the corresponding trait volume (V). The global trait space is filled in white.

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