Deep-sea meiofaunal and foraminiferal communities along a gradient of primary productivity in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Scientia Marina

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 337-345

  Lampadariou, Nikolaos ^a   Tselepides, Anastasios ^b   Hatziyanni, Eleni ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Eastern Mediterranean Sea; Foraminifera; Meiofauna; Oligotrophy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCUMULATION RATE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

AEGEAN SEA; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

FORAMINIFERA; METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 67649512691     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73n2337     Document Type: Article

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