Species richness and diversity patterns of bryozoans of the Arctic region: Spatial variation of bryozoan diversity

Using the data collected at 3133 stations in ten areas of the Arctic region during 1980 – 2000s, an examination of large-scale spatial distribution of bryozoan species richness was made. Detailed station grids allowed estimation of the relationship between bryozoan species richness and geographic factors: diversity always decreases with depth, but along latitude and longitude gradients, it changes ambiguously and is not always statistically significant.