Sediment community structure around a whale skeleton in the deep Northeast Pacific: Macrofaunal, microbial and bioturbation effects

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 335-364

  Smith, Craig R ^a   Maybaum, Hilary L ^a   Baco, Amy R ^a   Pope, Robin H ^b   Carpenter, Shelly D ^c   Yager, Patricia L ^d   Macko, Stephen A ^e   Deming, Jody W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031821088     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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