Meiobenthos from an active methane seepage area in the NW Black Sea

Marine Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 152-159

  Sergeeva, N G ^a   Gulin, M B ^a  

^a A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Gas seeps; H2S dependent meiofauna; Methane

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; GAS SEEPAGE; METHANE; MICROBIAL MAT; NEMATODE; POPULATION DENSITY; TAXONOMY;

BLACK SEA; DNIEPER CANYON; EURASIA;

ACARI; AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; CILIOPHORA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; FORAMINIFERA; GASTROPODA; NEMATODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33847777092     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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