Vertical distribution of macrozoobenthos within the sediment on the continental slope of the Goban Spur area (NE Atlantic)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 55-66

  Flach, Els ^a   Heip, Carlo ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C:N ratio; Continental slope; Grain size; Macrozoobenthos; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

POLYCHAETA;

DEEP SEA; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC, GOBAN SPUR;

EID: 0029664194     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps141055     Document Type: Article

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