Distribution of Deep-Sea Benthos in the Proposed Mining Area of Central Indian Basin)

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-207

  Ansari, Z A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Abundance; Benthos; Deep sea; INDEX; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; DEEP SEA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRAL INDIAN BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033758530     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190009353788     Document Type: Article

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