Relationships between deep-water polychaete fauna and environmental factors in the southeastern Gulf of California, Mexico

Scientia Marina

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 605-622

  Méndez, Nuria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Depth; Faunal distribution; Granulometry; Organic matter; Oxygen minimum zone; Polychaeta; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRANULOMETRY; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; POLYCHAETE; TAXONOMY; WATER DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMPHARETIDAE; CIRRATULIDAE; MALDANIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 45149098827     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2007.71n3605     Document Type: Article

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