Macrofaunal succession in sediments around kelp and wood falls in the deep NE Pacific and community overlap with other reducing habitats

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 708-723

  Bernardino, Angelo F ^a,b   Smith, Craig R ^b   Baco, Amy ^c   Altamira, Iris ^b   Sumida, Paulo Y G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Macrofauna; Organic islands; Reducing habitats; Species overlap; Wood falls

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA FLOOR; LOW-INTENSITY; MACRO-ALGAE; MACROBENTHOS; MACROFAUNA; NEW SPECIES; ORGANIC ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC LOADINGS; PORE WATERS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; RICH CONDITIONS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIME-SCALES; TOLERANT SPECIES; WOOD FALLS;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

WOOD;

BIVALVE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP SEA; ENRICHMENT; HABITAT TYPE; MACROALGA; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCHAETE; POREWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; SULFIDE; TOLERANCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; ECOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STRESS ANALYSIS; WOOD;

ARGENTINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA]; SANTA CRUZ RIVER [SANTA CRUZ];

AMPHARETIDAE; BIVALVIA; CETACEA; CUMACEA; DORVILLEIDAE; POLYCHAETA; VESICOMYIDAE;

EID: 77951298439     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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