Habitat heterogeneity influences cold-seep macrofaunal communities within and among seeps along the Norwegian margin. Part 1: Macrofaunal community structure

Marine Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-230

  Decker, Carole ^a   Morineaux, Marie ^a   Van Gaever, Saskia ^b   Caprais, Jean Claude ^a   Lichtschlag, Anna ^c   Gauthier, Olivier ^d   Andersen, Ann C ^e   Olu, Karine ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cold seep; Community structure; Macrofauna; Norwegian margin; Polychaeta

Indexed keywords

COLD SEEP ORGANISM; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; FAUNA; GASTROPOD; HABITAT USE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; POCKMARK; POLYCHAETE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TAXONOMY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN MARGIN [NORWEGIAN SEA]; NORWEGIAN SEA; NYEGGA; STOREGGA SLIDE;

CAPITELLIDAE; COPEPODA; DORVILLEIDAE; GASTROPODA; NEMATODA; OLIGOBRACHIA HAAKONMOSBIENSIS; POLYCHAETA; SCLEROLINUM CONTORTUM; SIBOGLINIDAE; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 84860196146     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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