On the utility of metazoan meiofauna for studying the soft-bottom deep sea

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 53, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 97-101

  Thistle, David ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Deep sea; Diversity; Meiofauna

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DEEP SEA; MEIOFAUNA; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

METAZOA;

EID: 0242498580     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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