Nematode diversity and its relation to the quantity and quality of sedimentary organic matter in the deep Nazaré Canyon, Western Iberian Margin

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1521-1539

  Ingels, Jeroen ^a   Kiriakoulakis, Konstadinos ^b   Wolff, George A ^b   Vanreusel, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Diversity; Meiobenthos; Nazar ; Nematodes; Sedimentary organic matter; Submarine canyons; Western Iberian Margin

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; DIVERSITY; MEIOBENTHOS; NEMATODES; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; SUBMARINE CANYONS; WESTERN IBERIAN MARGIN;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; FLUID DYNAMICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MEIOFAUNA; METAZOAN; NEMATODE; ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBMARINE CANYON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NAZARE CANYON;

METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 67649664148     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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