Living deep-sea benthic foraminifera from the Cap de Creus Canyon (western Mediterranean): Faunal-geochemical interactions

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-42

  Contreras Rosales, L A ^a,e   Koho, K A ^a   Duijnstee, I A P ^a,b   de Stigter, H C ^c   Garcia R ^d,f   Koning, E ^c   Epping, E ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Redox chemistry; Sedimentary phytopigments; Submarine canyons

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPLASTIC PIGMENTS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DENSE SHELF-WATER CASCADING; DETRENDED CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DOWN-WELLING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FAUNAL COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD QUANTITY; FORAMINIFERAL FAUNAS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PHYTOPIGMENTS; PORE WATERS; REDOX CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SUBMARINE CANYON; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; GEOCHEMISTRY; PROFITABILITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPLAST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DOWNWELLING; FOOD QUALITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; POREWATER; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBMARINE CANYON; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CAP DE CREUS; CATALONIA; GERONA [CATALONIA]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SPAIN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84857708016     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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