Areal coverage of the ocean floor by the deep-sea elasipodid holothurian Oneirophanta mutabilis: Estimates using systematic, random and directional search strategy simulations

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 477-486

  Smith, A ^a   Matthiopoulos, J ^a,b   Priede, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONEIROPHANTA MUTABILIS;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ACTIVITY PATTERNS; BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; MOBILE EPIBENTHIC MEGAFAUNA; SEARCH STRATEGY; SEARCH STRATEGY SIMULATIONS;

ATLANTIC, PORCUPINE ABYSSAL PLAIN;

EID: 0030918632     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00112-4     Document Type: Article

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