Submarine canyons as habitats of prolific plankton populations: Three new deep-sea Hydroidomedusae in the western Mediterranean

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-329

  Gili, J M ^a   Bouillon, J ^b   Pages F ^a   Palanques, A ^a   Puig, P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deep sea fauna; Sediment traps

Indexed keywords

FOERSTERIA; HYDROIDA; PTYCHOGASTRIA ASTEROIDES;

EID: 0033096392     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00595.x     Document Type: Article

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