Large, motile epifauna interact strongly with harpacticoid copepods and polychaetes at a bathyal site

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-331

  Thistle, David ^a   Eckman, James E ^b   Paterson, Gordon L J ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

117 32.2 W; 32 57.3 N; Benthos; California; Deep sea bed; Ecology; Harpacticoida; Meiobenthos; Polychaeta; San Diego Trough; USA

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHOS; DEEP-SEA BED; HARPACTICOIDA; MEIOBENTHOS; POLYCHAETA; SAN DIEGO TROUGH;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MOTILITY; POLYCHAETE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN DIEGO TROUGH; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ASTEROIDEA; COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; KINORHYNCHA; NEMATODA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 40149098044     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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