Temporal changes (1989-1999) in deep-sea metazoan meiofaunal assemblages on the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, NE Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1383-1395

  Kalogeropoulou, V ^a,b   Bett, B J ^c   Gooday, A J ^c   Lampadariou, N ^a   Martinez Arbizu, P ^b   Vanreusel, A ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Meiofauna; NE Atlantic; Porcupine Abyssal Plain; Temporal change; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; MEIOFAUNA; PORCUPINE ABYSSAL PLAINS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALS;

CRUSTACEAN; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; OBSERVATORY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAFLOOR; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT CORE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

AMPERIMA; ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; HOLOTHURIA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77957973798     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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