Responses of deep-sea benthos to sedimentation patterns in the North-East Atlantic in 1992

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 573-596

  Pfannkuchea, O ^a   Boetius, A ^b   Lochte, K ^b   Lundgreen, U ^a   Thiel, H ^c  

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

^b lnstitut für Ostseeforschung ^*  (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Benthic response; Deep sea; Extracellular enzymes; Microorganisms; Seasonal variability; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DEEP SEA; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033120975     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00081-8     Document Type: Article

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