A continued study on the abundance and population structure of the functionally important holothurian Elpidia minutissima , at the long - term abyssal study site
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Long-term monitoring of abyssal plain epibenthic megafaunal species dynamics is limited to several study sites worldwide. Presented here is a continuation of work that has been conducted at the North East Pacific site Station M, with a focus on the holothurian species Elpidia minutissima. This genus’s phylogeny, physiology and documented global distribution make it an ideal animal for studying evolutionary and ecological dynamics in deep-sea habitats in the context of ongoing temporal monitoring of the local ecosystem parameters.
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