Comparative biomass of sediment benthos across a depth transect, Chatham Rise, Southwest Pacific Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 425, Issue , 2011, Pages 79-90

  Berkenbusch, K ^a   Probert, P K ^a   Nodder, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Metazoan; Phytopigment; Regression models; Sediment characteristics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEEP SEA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; METAZOAN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PIGMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHATHAM RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

METAZOA;

EID: 79952672414     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09014     Document Type: Article

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