Diversity of larger free-living nematodes from macrobenthos (>250 μm) in the Arctic deep-sea Canada Basin

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 455-465

  Sharma, Jyotsna ^a   Bluhm, Bodil A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Arctic; Deep sea; Diversity; Macrofauna; Nematoda

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ABYSSAL ZONE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON CYCLE; DEEP SEA; DEPOSIT FEEDER; DETRITIVORY; DOMINANCE; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MACROBENTHOS; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; OMNIVORY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

AMUNDSEN GULF; ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA BASIN; CHUKCHI SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COMESOMATIDAE; LEPTOSOMATIDAE (NEMATODES); NEMATODA; ONCHOLAIMIDAE; PHANODERMATIDAE; SABATIERIA; THORACOSTOMOPSIDAE; VISCOSIA;

EID: 80051929769     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-010-0060-1     Document Type: Article

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