title: Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: the mystery of the deep sea.
abstract: Experiments performed in various ecosystems have shown a near-universal, saturating relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem processes. Analyses of deep-sea ecosystems challenge this generalisation and suggest that positive species interactions might be more widespread than previously believed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Avenue Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada. michel.loreau@mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loreau
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D004463:Ecology; D017753:Ecosystem; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D012623:Seawater