Recovery of deep-sea meiofauna after artificial disturbance in the central indian basin

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 253-266

  Ingole, B S ^a   Goltekar, R ^a   Gonsalves, S ^a   Ansari, Z A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Central Indian Ocean; Disturbance; Meiofauna; Restoration; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; MINING; MONITORING; OCEAN HABITATS; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS; UNDERWATER MINERAL RESOURCES;

CENTRAL INDIAN OCEAN; MEIOFAUNA; SEDIMENT DISTURBANCE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE RESOURCE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEIOFAUNA; MINING; NEMATODE;

CENTRAL INDIAN BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 30844473965     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190500446540     Document Type: Article

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