Deserts on the sea floor: Edward Forbes and his azoic hypothesis for a lifeless deep ocean

Endeavour

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 131-137

  Anderson, Thomas R ^a   Rice, Tony ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXTRAPOLATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

AZOIC HYPOTHESIS; SEABED; STARFISHES;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ART; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PORTRAITS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33751209184     PISSN: 01609327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2006.10.003     Document Type: Review

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