Large-scale biodiversity pattern of Cumacea (Peracarida: Crustacea) in the deep Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 277, Issue , 2004, Pages 181-196

  Gage, J D ^a   Lambshead, P J D ^b   Bishop, J D D ^c   Stuart, C T ^d   Jones, N S ^e  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Benthos; Cumacea; Deep sea; Latitudinal gradients; Regional diversity

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP SEA; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

CRUSTACEA; CUMACEA; FORAMINIFERA; INVERTEBRATA; JONES; PERACARIDA;

EID: 4544293025     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps277181     Document Type: Article

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