Ferromanganese nodule fauna in the Tropical North Pacific Ocean: Species richness, faunal cover and spatial distribution

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1912-1935

  Veillette, Julie ^a   Sarrazin, Jozée ^b   Gooday, Andrew J ^c   Galéron, Joëlle ^b   Caprais, Jean Claude ^b   Vangriesheim, Annick ^b   Étoubleau, Joël ^b   Christian, James R ^d   Kim Juniper, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agglutinated foraminifera; Environmental factors; Environmental impacts; Ferromanganese nodules; Fixed fauna; Geographical distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

CLARION-CLIPPERTON FRACTURE ZONE; COLONIZATION; EXPOSED NODULE SURFACE; FERROMANGANESE NODULE FAUNA; LARGE-SCALE NODULE MINING OPERATIONS; MICROHABITAT;

OCEAN HABITATS;

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FAUNA; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAMINIFERA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MICROHABITAT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CLARION FRACTURE ZONE; CLIPPERTON FRACTURE ZONE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 35649026831     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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