Does Presence of a Mid-Ocean Ridge Enhance Biomass and Biodiversity?
Figure 12
Comparison of estimates of pelagic biomass.
Open circles are data from the BIOTRANS station at 47°N, 20°W east of the MAR [42]. The grey line is based on data from 31°17′N 25°24′ W over the Madeira Plain [43]. The solid black line is the theoretical relationship derived from integrating the CoML global trend for benthic biomass as shown in Figure 12.