Ecology of bathyal polychaete fauna at an Arctic-Atlantic boundary (Faroe-Shetland Channel, North-east Atlantic)

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-32

  Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E ^a   Bett, Brian J ^b   Gage, John D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathymetric distribution; Diversity; Faroe Shetland Channel; Macrobenthos; North east Atlantic; Polychaetes; Scotland; Standing stock

Indexed keywords

BATHYAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; POLYCHAETE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 27944479308     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000510018971     Document Type: Article

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