Deep-sea benthic diversity linked to seasonality of pelagic productivity

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 835-841

  Corliss, B H ^a   Brown, C W ^b   Sun, X ^c   Showers, W J ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Deep sea diversity; Foraminifera; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BENTHOS; DATA SETS; DEEP-SEA DIVERSITY; DIVERSITY INDEX; FORAMINIFERA; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; MARINE BIODIVERSITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN BASINS; ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; PATCH DYNAMICS; PHYTODETRITUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONALITY; SEAWIFS;

BIODIVERSITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

SEDIMENTS;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79451473086     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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