Polychaete diversity at tropical atlantic deep-sea sites: Environmental effects

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 165, Issue , 1998, Pages 173-185

  Cosson Sarradin, N ^a   Sibuet, M ^a   Paterson, G L J ^b   Vangriesheim, A ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Diversity; Environmental conditions; Polychaete community; Tropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; NUTRIENT FLUX; POLYCHAETE COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

(NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0032493061     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps165173     Document Type: Article

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