The macro- and micro-scale patchiness of meiobenthos associated with the Darwin Mounds (north-east Atlantic)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 547-556

  Van Gaever, S ^a   Vanreusel, A ^a   Hughes, J A ^b   Bett, B J ^b   Kiriakoulakis, K ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MEIOFAUNA; PATCHINESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); ROCKALL TROUGH;

ACANTHOLAIMUS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALALAIMUS; MICROLAIMUS; NEMATODA; RHYNCHONEMA; SABATIERIA; SYRINGAMMINA; TREFUSIA; XENOPHYOPHORA;

EID: 3042523656     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009555h     Document Type: Article

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