Macrobenthic community structure within and beneath the oxygen minimum zone, NW Arabian Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 189-226

  Levin, Lisa A ^a   Gage, John D ^b   Martin, Christopher ^a   Lamont, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; MACROBENTHOS; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER;

ARABIAN SEA;

AMPELISCA; AMPHARETIDAE; CIRRATULIDAE; PARAONIDAE; SPIONIDAE;

EID: 0033988364     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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