'Live' benthic foraminifera at an abyssal site in the equatorial Pacific nodule province: Abundance, diversity and taxonomic composition

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1406-1422

  Nozawa, Fusae ^a   Kitazato, Hiroshi ^a   Tsuchiya, Masashi ^a   Gooday, Andrew J ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abyssal zone; Benthos; Eastern equatorial Pacific; Kaplan East; Komokiacea; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARBONATE MINERALS; SEDIMENTS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); WASTES;

ABYSSAL ZONE; BENTHOS; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; KAPLAN EAST; KOMOKIACEA;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; ABYSSAL ZONE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORAMINIFERA; KOMOKIACEA; PSAMMOSPHAERIDAE;

EID: 33748275294     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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