Bathyal benthic fauna of the mid-atlantic ridge between the azores and the reykjanes ridge

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Gebruk, Andrey V ^a   Budaeva, Nataliya E ^a   King, Nicola J ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azores; Bathyal; Benthic fauna; Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone; Composition; MAR ECO; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Taxonomic structure

Indexed keywords

BATHYAL ZONE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ECHINODERM; FRACTURE ZONE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPONGE; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; PORTUGAL; REYKJANES RIDGE;

ANTHOZOA; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 77953611005     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409991111     Document Type: Article

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