Gradients in activity and biomass of the small benthic biota along a channel system in the deep Western Greenland Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 815-835

  Soltwedel, Thomas ^a   Hasemann, Christiane ^a   Quéric, Nadia Valérie ^a   Von Juterzenka, Karen ^a  

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

Author keywords

Activity; Bacteria; Benthic; Biomass; Canyons; Greenland Sea; Meiofauna

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; DRAINAGE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC BIOTA; CHANNEL SYSTEMS; DRAINAGE FLOW; MICROBIAL BIOMASS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; MEIOFAUNA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; DRAINAGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 15744365463     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.11.011     Document Type: Article

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