Dynamics of benthic copepods and other meiofauna in the benthic boundary layer of the deep NW Mediterranean sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 396, Issue , 2009, Pages 181-195

  Guidi Guilvard, L D ^a,b   Thistle, D ^c   Khripounoff, A ^d   Gasparini, S ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic storms; Biodiversity; Deep sea; Emergence; Hyperbenthos; Population growth; Resuspension; Swimmers

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; CURRENT VELOCITY; DEEP SEA; DISPERSAL; EMERGENCE; MEIOFAUNA; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOLUTION; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRAP; TAXONOMY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; BARATHRICOLA; BIVALVIA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPINIDAE; CYCLOPOIDA; HARPACTICOIDA; ISOPODA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; TISBE; TISBIDAE;

EID: 73649122803     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08408     Document Type: Article

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