Macrofauna communities in the eastern Mediterranean deep sea

Marine Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-216

  Kröncke, Ingrid ^a   Türkay, Michael ^b   Fiege, Dieter ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Eastern Mediterranean; Feeding modes; Food availability; Macrofauna

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEPTH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POLYCHAETA; PORIFERA;

EID: 0242342077     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0173-9565.2003.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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