Diversity of bathyal macrofauna on the northeastern Pacific margin: The influence of methane seeps and oxygen minimum zones

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-110

  Levin, Lisa A ^a   Mendoza, Guillermo F ^a   Gonzalez, Jennifer P ^a   Thurber, Andrew R ^a   Cordes, Erik E ^b  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; California margin; Continental margin; Habitat heterogeneity; Macrobenthos; Methane seep; Oregon margin; Oxygen minimum zone

Indexed keywords

BATHYAL ZONE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FAUNA; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MICROBIAL MAT; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA MARGIN; EEL RIVER; HYDRATE RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

AMPHARETIDAE; ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; COSSURIDAE; DORVILLEIDAE; MOLLUSCA; PARAONIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77957203818     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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