Habitat heterogeneity and its influence on benthic biodiversity in oxygen minimum zones

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-147

  Gooday, Andrew J ^a   Bett, Brian J ^a   Escobar, Elva ^b   Ingole, Baban ^c   Levin, Lisa A ^d   Neira, Carlos ^d   Raman, Akkur V ^e   Sellanes, Javier ^f,g  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^d INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^e ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Continental margin; Habitat heterogeneity; Hypoxia; Macrofauna; Oxygen minimum zones; Regional diversity

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE FLOW; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOXIA; ORGANIC MATTER; SEAFLOOR; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 78649479604     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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