Seasonal variations in faunal distribution and activity across the continental slope of the Goban Spur area (NE Atlantic)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 203-215

  Flach, Els ^a   Heip, Carlo ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C:N ratio; continental slope; macrofauna; NE Atlantic; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ORGANIC INPUT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

ATLANTIC, GOBAN SPUR;

EID: 0030303027     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1385-1101(96)90790-x     Document Type: Article

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