The metazoan meiobenthos along the continental slope of the Goban Spur (NE Atlantic)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 93-107

  Vanaverbeke, Jan ^a   Soetaert, Karline ^a   Heip, Carlo ^a   Vanreusel, Ann ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Meiobenthos; Nematodes; Ocean margin

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MEIOBENTHOS; NEMATODE COMMUNITY; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC, GOBAN SPUR;

NEMATODA;

EID: 0031407047     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(97)00038-5     Document Type: Article

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