Figure 4

Habitat maps of the German contract area computed with k-means clustering for megafauna morphotypes, bathymetric variables and backscatter value, sediment and nodule parameters (a), only including megafauna morphotypes, bathymetric variables and backscatter value and excluding seamount sites (b), for meiofauna abundance, bathymetric variables and backscatter value as computed by Uhlenkott et al.²² with k-means clustering (c) and differences between the habitat maps computed for meiofauna and megafauna excluding seamount sites (d). Habitat map for meiofauna obtained from https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912217³².