Revealing the coral habitat effect on benthopelagic fauna diversity in the Santa Maria di Leuca cold‐water coral province using different devices and Bayesian hierarchical modelling

Data from two experimental longline surveys and two video inspections carried out in Santa Maria di Leuca cold‐water coral province (Mediterranean Sea) during spring–autumn 2010 were used in order to compare the benthopelagic abundance and diversity between coral and non‐coral habitats and between different devices. The sampling was carried out in two types of habitat: a coral habitat with carbonate mounds and a non‐coral habitat characterized...