Biodiversity of macrofaunal assemblages from three Portuguese submarine canyons (NE Atlantic)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 2433-2447

  Cunha, Marina R ^a   Paterson, Gordon L J ^b   Amaro, Teresa ^a,c   Blackbird, Sabena ^d   de Stigter, Henko C ^e   Ferreira, Clarisse ^a   Glover, Adrian ^b   Hilário, Ana ^a   Kiriakoulakis, Konstadinos ^f   Neal, Lenka ^b   Ravara, Ascensão ^a   Rodrigues, Clara F ^a   Tiago, Áurea ^a   Billett, David S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deep sea; Environmental conditions; Macrofauna; Submarine canyons

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; BENTHIC MACROFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP-SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC REGIME; MACROFAUNA; MIDDLE SECTION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC ENRICHMENT; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE CANYONS; SUPERFICIAL SEDIMENTS; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIODIVERSITY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SUBMARINES;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

ABUNDANCE; ANNELID; ARTHROPOD; BATHYMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; DEEP SEA; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SLOPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); PORTUGAL;

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; PELAGIA;

EID: 80054051711     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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