Distribution, abundance and trail characteristics of acorn worms at Australian continental margins

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 970-978

  Anderson, T J ^a   Przeslawski, R ^a   Tran, M ^a,b  

^a Marine and Coastal Environment Group   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acorn worms; Deep sea; Depth range; Enteropneusta; Sediment characteristics; Trail behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACORN WORMS; DEEP-SEA; DEPTH RANGE; ENTEROPNEUSTA; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS; TRAIL BEHAVIOUR;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; NUTRIENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP SEA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

CHORDATA; ENTEROPNEUSTA;

EID: 79952817424     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.052     Document Type: Article

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