Biodiversity of an unknown New Zealand habitat: Bathyal invertebrate assemblages in the benthic boundary layer

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-312

  Lörz, Anne Nina ^a  

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

Author keywords

Abundance; Benthic boundary layer; Epibenthic sledge; Model group; New Zealand; Patchiness; Peracarida; Suprabenthos

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INVERTEBRATE; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PATCHINESS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

CHALLENGER PLATEAU; CHATHAM RISE; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PERACARIDA; TANAIDACEA;

EID: 79958758228     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-010-0064-x     Document Type: Article

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