Diversity of isopods (Crustacea): New data from the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1571-1579

  Svavarsson, Jörundur ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Sandgeroi Marine Center   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Atlantic Ocean; Deep sea; Diversity; Isopods

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; LOATHGENTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

(NORTH); ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC;

CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA;

EID: 0030809162     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018322704940     Document Type: Article

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