Diversity patterns along and across the Chilean margin: a continental slope encompassing oxygen gradients and methane seep benthic habitats
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1 Departamento de Biologı́a Marina, Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo, Coquimbo, Chile 2 Centro de Investigación Oceanográfica en el Pacı́fico Sur-Oriental (COPAS), Universidad de Concepción, Casilla, Concepción, Chile 3 Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA 4 Centro de Investigación en el Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP), Bilbao, Coyhaique, Chile 5 Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Accés Cala Sant Francesc, Blanes, Girona, Spain
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