Diversity patterns along and across the Chilean margin: A continental slope encompassing oxygen gradients and methane seep benthic habitats

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-124

  Sellanes, Javier ^a,b   Neira, Carlos ^c   Quiroga, Eduardo ^d   Teixido, Núria ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA CIEP   (Chile)

^e CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic biodiversity; Chile margin; Continental slope; Habitat heterogeneity; Methane seeps; Oxygen minimum zone

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT USE; HYDROCARBON SEEP; PATCHINESS;

CHILEAN MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 78649471256     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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