Feeding types of the benthic community and particle transport across the slope of the N.W. European Continental Margin (Goban Spur)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 209-231

  Flach, E ^a   Lavaleye, M ^b   De Stigter, H ^b   Thomsen, L ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 0032423894     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(98)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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