Meiofauna and macrofauna community structure in relation to sediment composition at the iberian margin compared to the goban spur (NE atlantic)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 433-457

  Flach, Els ^a,c   Muthumbi, Agnes ^b   Heip, Carlo ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthic community structure; Iberian margin; Macrofauna; Meiofauna; Sediment characteristics

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENTS;

SLOPES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROBENTHOS; MEIOFAUNA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CRUSTACEA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0036272230     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00018-6     Document Type: Review

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