Temporal variability in phytodetritus and megabenthic activity at the seabed in the deep northeast Atlantic

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 349-368

  Bett, Brian J ^a   Malzone, M Gabriella ^a   Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E ^b,c   Wigham, Benjamin D ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CAMERAS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEDIMENTS;

MEGABENTHIC ACTIVITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC INFAUNA; DEEP SEA; DETRITUS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE ABYSSAL PLAIN;

AMPERIMA ROSEA; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; OPHIOCTEN HASTATUM; OPHIUROIDEA; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 0034754117     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(01)00066-0     Document Type: Review

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