A multidisciplinary approach to the understanding of hydromedusan populations inhabiting Mediterranean submarine canyons

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1513-1533

  Gili, J M ^a   Pages F ^a   Bouillon, J ^b   Palanques, A ^a   Puig, P ^a   Heussner, S ^d   Calafat, A ^c   Canals, M ^c   Monaco, A ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bottom currents; Hydromedusan; Mediterranean; Sedimentation; Submarine canyons; Tethys relicts; Topography

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; SUBMARINE CANYON; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

HYDROMEDUSA;

EID: 0034035299     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00119-3     Document Type: Article

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