Benthic response of Munnopsurus atlanticus (Crustacea Isopoda) to the carbon content of the near-bottom sedimentary environment on the southern margin of the Cap-Ferret Canyon (Bay of Biscay, northeastern Atlantic Ocean)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2331-2344

  Elizalde, M ^a   Weber, O ^a   Pascual, A ^a   Sorbe, J C ^a   Etcheber, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ISOPODA; MUNNOPSURUS ATLANTICUS;

EID: 0032773384     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00065-X     Document Type: Article

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