Introduction to the Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos Program

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 24-26, 2008, Pages 2536-2540

  Rowe, Gilbert T ^a,b   Kennicutt, Mahlon C ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Diversity; Gulf of Mexico; Trophic conditions; Zonation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BENTHOS; DIVERSITY; GULF OF MEXICO; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; ZONATION;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; CARBON CYCLE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MEIOFAUNA; OIL PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; ZONATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; PISCES;

EID: 57049118995     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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