An apparent lack of response by metazoan meiofauna to phytodetritus deposition in the bathyal north-eastern Atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 297-310

  Gooday, A J ^a   Pfannkuche, O ^b   Lambshead, P J D ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; FORAMINIFERA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA;

DEEP-SEA ORGANISMS; DETRITUS; MEIOBENTHOS; METAZOAN MEIOFAUNA; PHYTODETRITUS DEPOSITION;

ATLANTIC, PORCUPINE SEABIGHT;

EID: 0029668804     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400030563     Document Type: Article

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