Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) of the Peru basin - ecological and taxonomic remarks based on underwater images

Marine Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-195

  Bluhm, Hartmut ^a   Gebruk, Andrej ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Diversity; Environmental impact; Holothuroidea; Indicator taxa; Lifestyle; Manganese nodule sites; Megabenthos; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; MANGANESE DEPOSIT; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; TAXONOMY; ZOOBENTHOS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 0032753762     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.1999.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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