Cephalopods of the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-52

  Vecchione, Michael ^a   Young, Richard E ^b   Piatkowski, Uwe ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathypelagic; Deep sea; Distribution; Epibenthic; Mesopelagic; Octopods; Squids; Trawling gear comparisons; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CEPHALOPOD; FRACTURE ZONE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRAWL NET; TRAWLING; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

CEPHALOPODA; GONATUS STEENSTRUPI; MASTIGOTEUTHIS AGASSIZII; OCTOPODA;

EID: 77649166576     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000902810751     Document Type: Article

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