Habitat associations and assemblage structure of demersal deep-sea fishes on the eastern Flemish Cap and Orphan Seamount

Advancements in remote-sampling and optical technologies have considerably improved our understanding of fish-habitat relationships and assemblage structure in the deep ocean through direct observations. The composition and complexity of seafloor habitats can strongly influence species diversity and distributions, but the relative importance of different microhabitats - both abiotic and biotic - is poorly understood. We examined differences in...