Why are there so many species in deep-sea sediments?

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• deep-sea sediment 100%
• habitat 51%
• deep sea 44%
• disturbance 40%
• seafloor 38%
• coexistence 35%
• species richness 30%
• niche 22%
• partitioning 19%
• species concept 17%
• sediment 16%
• macrobenthos 15%
• marine biodiversity 15%
• coevolution 14%
• patchiness 14%
• propagule 14%
• metazoan 14%
• seaweed 13%
• scale effect 13%
• burrow 13%
• species diversity 11%
• biota 10%
• continental shelf 10%
• community structure 10%
• mud 10%
• shallow water 9%
• experiment 9%
• turbulence 9%
• sedimentation 8%
• biodiversity 8%
• organism 7%
• sampling 6%

Agriculture & Biology

• sediments 75%
• habitats 47%
• species richness 30%
• species recruitment 21%
• niches 20%
• continental shelf 15%
• benthic organisms 15%
• coevolution 13%
• burrows 12%
• macroalgae 11%
• community structure 11%
• water 9%
• biodiversity 9%
• species diversity 9%
• sampling 8%
• organisms 6%