Endemicity and community composition of marine species along the NW Pacific and the adjacent Arctic Ocean

The NW Pacific lies in the most productive, rich, and diverse region of the World Ocean. The NW Pacific includes several shallow-water oceanic islands and deep-sea basins differing in depths, hydrology and isolation. The adjacent Arctic Ocean includes the northern Bering and southern Chukchi Sea, areas of high productivity characterized by short food chains and shallow depths. Despite the NW Pacifićs high species richness, characterization of...