Statistically Classified Marine Epifaunal Bioregions on the Southern Benguela Margin, South Africa
Donia Wozniak, Lara Atkinson, Natasha Karenyi · 2025
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Description
Donia Wozniak, Lara Atkinson, and Natasha Karenyi draw sea life regions off South Africa with statistics instead of expert hands. Their 2025 study maps animals living on the sea floor along the southern Benguela margin. Abundance counts for dozens of species came from hundreds of trawl sites across shelf and slope depths. Oxygen, temperature, and slope fed a model that sorts sites into regions of common profile, with doubt maps attached.
Five regions emerged, split by two depth breaks. Mid shelf and upper slope regions read most surely, tied to low oxygen and low cold in turn. Outer shelf regions held the richest life and the foggiest borders.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Donia Wozniak, Lara Atkinson, Natasha Karenyi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |