The meiobenthos of the Molloy Deep (5 600 m), Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Soltwedel, T ^a   Miljutina, M ^b   Mokievsky, V ^c   Thistle, D ^d   Vopel, K ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abyssal Plains; Deep sea; Meiobenthos; Molloy Deep; Nematodes; Trenches

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEIOFAUNA; ORGANIC MATTER; ZOOBENTHOS;

FRAM STRAIT;

ELPIDIA GLACIALIS; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0038207748     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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