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. 2013 Dec 3;83(6):1528–1550. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12265

Table 3.

Trends of decrease in deep-sea pelagic and benthic biomass. List of slopes (s) in the general equation: log10B = sx + k, where x is the depth (m) and k is a constant

Biomass Slope Reference
Plankton and nekton (mean) −0·00048 Roe (1988)
Benthic megafauna −0·00039 Rex et al. (2006)
Benthic megafauna −0·00031 Wei et al. (2010)
Benthic macrofauna −0·00045 Rex et al. (2006)
Benthic macrofauna −0·00052 Wei et al. (2010)
Mean −0·00043