Dynamics of meiofaunal assemblages on the continental shelf and deep-sea sediments of the Cretan Sea (NE Mediterranean): Relationships with seasonal changes in food supply

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 2-4, 2000, Pages 367-400

  Danovaro, Roberto ^a   Tselepides, Anastasios ^b   Otegui, Ana ^b   Della Croce, Norberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; NUTRIENT; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT; WATER DEPTH; WATER SAMPLING;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; FOOD SUPPLY; MEIOFAUNA; SEASONALITY; SHELF SEDIMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033833807     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(00)00026-4     Document Type: Review

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