Drivers of deep Mediterranean megabenthos communities along longitudinal and bathymetric gradients

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 439, Issue , 2011, Pages 181-192

  Tecchio, Samuele ^a   Ramírez Llodra, Eva ^a   Sardà, Francisco ^a   Company, Joan B ^a   Palomera, Isabel ^a   Mechó, Ariadna ^a   Pedrosa Pàmies, Rut ^b   Sanchez Vidal, Anna ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deep sea; Environmental factors; Mediterranean; Megafauna; POC

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD SUPPLY; HETEROGENEITY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TRAWLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CARNIVORA;

EID: 80054992194     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09333     Document Type: Article

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