Deep-sea polychaete communities in the northeast Pacific Ocean off the gulf of the Farallones, California

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-269

  Hilbig, Brigitte ^a   Blake, James A ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ENSR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OXYGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CALIFORNIA; FARALLON ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DORVILLEIDAE; PARAONIDAE; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDAE;

EID: 33645779908     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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