Sedimentary organic matter and micro-meiobenthos with relation to trophic conditions in the tropical northeast Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1343-1368

  Relexans, J C ^a   Deming, J ^b   Dinet, A ^c   Gaillard, J F ^d,e   Sibuet, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^f IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EUMELI; MICRO-MEIOBENTHOS; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENTS; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030426150     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0637(96)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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