The effect of experimentally increased near-bottom flow on metazoan meiofauna at a deep-sea site, with comparison data on macrofauna

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 625-638

  Thistle, David ^a   Levin, Lisa A ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Disturbance; Harpacticoida; Kinorhyncha; Macrofauna; Meiofauna; Nematoda; Ostracoda; Seamoun t

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032052947     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00101-5     Document Type: Article

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