Influence of bottom environment conditions and hydrographic variability on spatiotemporal trends of macrofaunal amphipods on the Yucatan continental shelf

Carlos E. Paz-Ríos - Daniel Pech - Ismael Mariño-Tapia - Nuno Simôes 

Amphipod species collected during three oceanographic campaigns  (2010–2012) were analyzed to describe their spatiotemporal community  distribution trends and their relationships with bottom water and  sediment variables. The results show that the species richness did not reach its maximum value according to the species  accumulation curve.