Response of meiofauna to immediate benthic disturbance in the central indian ocean basin

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-272

  Ingole, B S ^a   Ansari, Z A ^a   Rathod, V ^a   Rodrigues, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Benthic disturbance; Deep sea; Distribution; Indian Ocean; Meiobenthos

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DISTURBANCE; MEIOFAUNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRAL INDIAN OCEAN BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

COPEPODA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033762956     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190009353794     Document Type: Article

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