Bathymetric patterns of meiofaunal abundance and biomass associated with the Kuril and Ryukyu trenches, western North Pacific Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 86-97

  Itoh, Makoto ^a,e   Kawamura, Kiichiro ^b   Kitahashi, Tomo ^a   Kojima, Shigeaki ^a   Katagiri, Hideki ^c   Shimanaga, Motohiro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FUKADA GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN FOOD RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abundance; Hadal; Kuril trench; Meiofauna; Organic matter supply; Ryukyu trench

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HADAL; KURIL TRENCH; MEIOFAUNA; ORGANIC MATTER; RYUKYU TRENCH;

BATHYMETRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOMASS;

ABUNDANCE; BATHYMETRY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPLAST; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HADAL ZONE; MEIOFAUNA; METAZOAN; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PIGMENT; TRENCH; WATER DEPTH;

JAPAN; KURIL TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); RYUKYU ISLANDS;

METAZOA;

EID: 79151470395     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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