Submarine ridges do not prevent large-scale dispersal of abyssal fauna: A case study of Mesocletodes (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 839-864

  Menzel, Lena ^a   George, Kai Horst ^a   Arbizu, Pedro Martínez ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

ANDEEP; Biogeography; Cosmopolitanism; Deep sea; Dispersal; DIVA; Meiofauna

Indexed keywords

ANDEEP; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COSMOPOLITANISM; DEEP SEA; DISPERSAL; DIVA; MEIOFAUNA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TECTONICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABYSSAL ORGANISM; BODY SIZE; BOTTOM CURRENT; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP SEA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MEIOFAUNA; PLATE TECTONICS; RESUSPENSION; SUBMARINE RIDGE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ARGESTIDAE; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HARPACTICOIDA; MESOCLETODES;

EID: 79960464494     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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