Diversity patterns in macrobenthos across a continental slope in the NE Atlantic

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-323

  Flach, Els ^a   De Bruin, Wim ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Continental slope; Deep sea; Diversity indices; Macrobenthos; NE Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LITERATURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033428910     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(99)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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