Macrofaunal communities and sediment structure across the Pakistan margin Oxygen Minimum Zone, North-East Arabian Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 434-448

  Hughes, David J ^a   Lamont, Peter A ^a   Levin, Lisa A ^b   Packer, Margaret ^c   Feeley, Kathleen ^d   Gage, John D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Bioturbation; Diversity; Macrofauna; Oxygen Minimum Zone; Pakistan margin

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; BIOTURBATION; DIVERSITY; MACROFAUNA; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PAKISTAN MARGIN;

BIOMASS; DISSOLUTION; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; OCEAN HABITATS; OXYGENATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER CONTENT;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

BIOMASS; BIOTURBATION; BOTTOM WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MACROBENTHOS; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; OXYGENATION; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

ACROCIRRIDAE; AMPHARETIDAE; AMPHINOMIDAE; CIRRATULIDAE; COSSURIDAE; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDAE;

EID: 66749176530     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.05.030     Document Type: Article

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