Activity and composition of the benthic fauna in the Whittard Canyon and the adjacent continental slope (NE Atlantic)

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-83

  Duineveld, Gérard ^a   Lavaleye, Marc ^a   Berghuis, Eilke ^a   De Wilde, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Canyon; Deep sea; Macrofauna; Metabolism; Phytopigments

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUBMARINE CANYON; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GOBAN SPUR; WHITTARD CANYON;

EID: 0035031420     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(00)01129-4     Document Type: Article

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