A comparison between the megafauna communities on the N.W. Iberian and Celtic continental margins - Effects of coastal upwelling?

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 459-476

  Lavaleye, M S S ^a   Duineveld, G C A ^a   Berghuis, E M ^a   Kok, A ^a   Witbaard, R ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Iberian margin; Megafauna; Nucleic acids; Phytopigments; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; DNA; RNA; SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL UPWELLINGS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FEEDING MECHANISM; NUCLEIC ACID; PIGMENT; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; HOLOTHUROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036275793     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00019-8     Document Type: Review

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