Metazoan meiofauna within the oxygen-minimum zone off Chile: Results of the 2001-PUCK expedition

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1105-1111

  Veit Köhler, Gritta ^a   Gerdes, Dieter ^b   Quiroga, Eduardo ^c   Hebbeln, Dierk ^d   Sellanes, Javier ^e  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA CIEP   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Copepoda; Meiofauna communities; Nematoda; Oxygen deficient sediments; Oxygen minimum zone

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; COPEPODA; MEIOFAUNA COMMUNITIES; NEMATODA; OXYGEN DEFICIENT; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE;

OXYGEN;

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MEIOFAUNA; METAZOAN; NEMATODE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHILE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH AMERICA;

ANNELIDA; COPEPODA; METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 67649392445     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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