Benthic megafaunal and demersal fish assemblages on the Chilean continental margin: The influence of the oxygen minimum zone on bathymetric distribution

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1112-1123

  Quiroga, Eduardo ^a   Sellanes, Javier ^b,d   Arntz, Wolf E ^c   Gerdes, Dieter ^c   Gallardo, Victor A ^d   Hebbeln, Dierk ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathyal; Benthic megafauna; Chile; Humboldt Current system; Oxygen minimum zone

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FISH; FISHERIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BATHYAL; BENTHIC MEGAFAUNA; CHILE; HUMBOLDT CURRENT SYSTEM; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; BATHYAL ZONE; BATHYMETRY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTACEAN; DEMERSAL FISH; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECHINODERM; GASTROPOD; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; POLYCHAETE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

APHRODITIDAE; ASTERONYCHIDAE; CRANGONIDAE; CRUSTACEA; GALATHEIDAE; GASTROPODA; GONIOPECTINIDAE; GORGONOCEPHALIDAE; IPNOPIDAE; MACROURIDAE; MALDANIDAE; MURICIDAE; ONUPHIDAE; OPHIOLEPIDIDAE; OPHIURINAE; OPHIUROIDEA; PANDALIDAE; POLYCHAETA; PTERASTERIDAE; SOLASTERIDAE; SQUALIDAE; TROCHIDAE; VOLUTIDAE;

EID: 67649404730     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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