FIGURE 3 in Towards a better understanding of deep-sea tardigrade biogeography: numerous new records from the Southern Ocean

FIGURE 3. Means of Tardigrada densities (individuals per 10 cm2) of all core samples per sampled depth plotted against depth. Linear regression indicates a slight decrease of tardigrade densities with depth but with a rather poor model fit (R2=0.1301). Sediment core samples containing Tardigrada were obtained during expeditions ANDEEP-1 to 3 and ANDEEP-SYSTCO to the Southern Ocean