A multiple-scale analysis of metazoan meiofaunal distribution in the deep Mediterranean Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1117-1134

  Gambi, Cristina ^a   Danovaro, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Mediterranean Sea; Meiofauna; Spatial distribution; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CATCHMENTS; MICROORGANISMS; SEDIMENTS;

DEEP SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; MEIOFAUNA; METAZOAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

METAZOA;

EID: 33746337635     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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