Factors influencing the distribution of epibenthic megafauna across the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 68, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-135

  Mosch, Thomas ^a   Sommer, Stefan ^a   Dengler, Marcus ^a   Noffke, Anna ^a   Bohlen, Lisa ^a   Pfannkuche, Olaf ^a   Liebetrau, Volker ^a   Wallmann, Klaus ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial mats; Epibenthic megafauna; Internal tides; Oxygen minimum zone; Peruvian margin; Video imaging

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MATS; INTERNAL TIDES; MEGAFAUNA; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PERUVIAN MARGIN; VIDEO IMAGING;

BIOLOGY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FEEDING; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGENATION; SEDIMENTATION; TIDES; TURBIDITY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BENTHOS; BOTTOM WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEPOSIT FEEDER; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HABITAT LOSS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERNAL TIDE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL MAT; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; OXYGENATION; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION RATE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

PERU;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GASTROPODA; METAZOA; OPHIUROIDEA; PENNATULACEA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84865762018     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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