Macrozoobenthos diversity in an oxygen minimum zone off northern Namibia

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1949-1961

  Zettler, Michael Lothar ^a   Bochert, Ralf ^a   Pollehne, Falk ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; BRACHIOPOD; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DIVERSITY INDEX; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DENSITY; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UPWELLING; ZOOBENTHOS;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; BENGUELA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BIVALVIA; DISCINISCA TENUIS; GASTROPODA; NASSARIUS; NUCULANA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 70450223540     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1227-9     Document Type: Article

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