Morphological responses of macrobenthic polychaetes to low oxygen on the Oman continental slope, NW Arabian Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 9-24

  Lamont, Peter A ^a   Gage, John D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; MACROBENTHOS; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER;

ARABIAN SEA;

COSSURIDAE; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDAE;

EID: 0033988173     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00102-2     Document Type: Article

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