Epibenthic communities on the Chatham Rise, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 505-513

  McKnight, D G ^a   Probert, P K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bathyal benthos; Chatham Rise; Communities; Crustacea; Echinodermata; Epifauna; Mollusca; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; EPIBENTHOS; VERTICAL DISTIRBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

CHATHAM RISE; PACIFIC;

ACUTISEROLIS BROMLEYANA; AENEATOR; AENEATOR RECENS; AMPHIOPHIURA; AMPHIOPHIURA ORNATA; AMPHIURA; AMPHIURA LANCEOLATA; ANIMALIA; ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; BRISSOPSIS; BRISSOPSIS OLDHAMI; CAMPYLONOTUS RATHBUNAE; CRUSTACEA; CUSPIDARIA; CUSPIDARIA FAIRCHILDI; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; EUCIROA; EUCIROA GALATHEAE; GASTROPODA; GRACILECHINUS; GRACILECHINUS MULTIDENTATUS; HOLOTHUROIDEA; LANCEOLATA; MOLLUSCA; MUNIDA; MUNIDA GRACILIS; OPHIOMUSIUM LYMANI; OPHIUROIDEA; PENTADACTYLA; PENTADACTYLA LONGIDENTIS; PHYLLADIORHYNCHUS; PHYLLADIORHYNCHUS PUSILLUS; PONTOPHILUS; PONTOPHILUS ACUTIROSTRIS; PORCELLANASTER CERULEUS; SPHAEROTHURIA BITENTACULATA; YPSILOTHURIA; YPSILOTHURIA BITENTACULATA;

EID: 0031447571     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516784     Document Type: Article

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