Epizooic metazoan meiobenthos associated with tubeworm and mussel aggregations from cold seeps of the northern Gulf of Mexico

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 21-23, 2010, Pages 1982-1989

  Bright, M ^a   Plum, C ^b   Riavitz, L A ^a   Nikolov, N ^a   Martinez Arbizu, P ^b   Cordes, E E ^c   Gollner, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bathymodiolus; Cold seeps; Copepods; Epibenthos; Epizooic; Gulf of Mexico; Meiobenthos; Meiofauna; Nematodes; Vestimentifera

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BATHYMODIOLUS; COLD SEEPS; COPEPODS; EPIBENTHOS; EPIZOOIC; GULF OF MEXICO; MEIOBENTHOS; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODES; VESTIMENTIFERA;

HOT SPRINGS; HYDROCARBONS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; ANNELID; BENTHOS; COLD SEEP; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HYDROCARBON SEEP; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; INVERTEBRATE; METAZOAN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREEN CANYON; GULF OF MEXICO;

BATHYMODIOLUS; COPEPODA; HALACARIDAE; METAZOA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; TUBICOLAE; VESTIMENTIFERA;

EID: 78349309710     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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