Large organic-walled Protista (Gromia) in the Arabian Sea: Density, diversity, distribution and ecology

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 422-433

  Aranda da Silva, A ^a,b   Gooday, A J ^c  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Bathyal; Deep sea; Gromiids; Oxygen minimum zone; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; BATHYAL; DEEP SEA; GROMIIDS; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE;

OCEAN HABITATS; OXYGEN; PROTOZOA; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; MARINE SEDIMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTIST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORAMINIFERA; GROMIA; GROMIA SPHAERICA; GROMIIDAE; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; VITACEAE;

EID: 66749127395     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.027     Document Type: Article

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