Table 2 Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient between meiofaunal biomass expected species number (ES(51)) and ecosystem functioning (as faunal biomass, expressed as μg C 10 cm−2) and between expected species number (ES(51)) and ecosystem efficiency as the ratio of faunal biomass to biopolymeric C (as a measure of the bioavailable organic detritus) in the different investigated seabed morphologies.

From: Seafloor heterogeneity influences the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships in the deep sea

 

ES(51)/Biomass

ES(51)/Ecosystem Efficiency

Furrow

0.683100824

0.714600032

Sediment Waves

−0.276951183

−0.122297939

Scar

0.624437333

0.714083482

Trough

0.766890811

0.252198204

Other Depositional Structures

−0.200291751

−0.407628791

Draped Sediments

−0.508599959

0.622419057

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