Benthic community response to temporal and spatial gradients in physical disturbance within a deep-sea western boundary region

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-69

  Aller, J Y ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; BOTTOM CURRENT; BOTTOM CURRENTS; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DEPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EROSION; SPATIAL GRADIENT; SPATIAL/TEMPORAL RESPONSE; TEMPORAL GRADIENT;

ATLANTIC, NOVA SCOTIA RISE;

EID: 0030958901     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00092-1     Document Type: Article

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