Live (stained) benthic foraminifera in the Whittard Canyon, Celtic margin (NE Atlantic)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-146

  Duros, P ^a,b   Fontanier, C ^a,b   Metzger, E ^a,b   Pusceddu, A ^c   Cesbron, F ^a,b   de Stigter, H C ^d   Bianchelli, S ^c   Danovaro, R ^c   Jorissen, F J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b Laboratory for the Study of Marine Bio Indicators LEBIM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Canyon; Ecology; Live benthic foraminifera; Open slope

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CANYON; CELTIC MARGIN; COLONISATION; COMMUNITY IS; GRAVITY FLOWS; MICROHABITATS; MINERALISATION; OPEN SLOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN PENETRATION; OXYGEN UPTAKE; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; PHYTOPIGMENTS; RECENT SEDIMENTATION; ROSE BENGAL; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SLOPE ENVIRONMENTS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WATER DEPTH;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COLONIZATION; GRAVITY FLOW; MICROHABITAT; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PIGMENT; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79451474397     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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