Patterns in polychaete abundance and diversity from the Madeira Abyssal Plain, northeast Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 217-236

  Glover, Adrian ^a   Paterson, Gordon ^a   Bett, Brian ^b   Gage, John ^c   Myriam Sibuet, ^d   Sheader, Martin ^e   Hawkins, Lawrence ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Deep sea; Madeira Abyssal Plain; N ortheast Atlantic; Polychaeta; Productivity; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENT;

ABUNDANCE; ABYSSAL PLAIN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; POLYCHAETE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035218535     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(00)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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