Coastal and deep-sea benthic diversities compared

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 159, Issue , 1997, Pages 97-103

  Gray, J S ^a   Poore, Gary C B ^b   Ugland, K I ^a   Wilson, Robin S ^b   Olsgard, F ^a   Johannessen, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthos; Deep sea; Diversity; Shelf; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL WATER; DEEP SEA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0031590564     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps159097     Document Type: Article

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