Seep communities from two mud volcanoes in the deep eastern Mediterranean Sea: Faunal composition, spatial patterns and environmental control

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 466, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-119

  Ritt, Bénédicte ^a,b   Desbruyères, Daniel ^a   Caprais, Jean Claude ^a   Gauthier, Olivier ^c   Ruffine, Livio ^a   Buscail, Roselyne ^d   Roy, Karine Olu Le ^a   Sarrazin, Jozée ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Temple University   (United States)

^c TECHNOPÔLE BREST IROISE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic fauna; Cold seeps; Diversity indices; Environmental conditions; Mediterranean Ridge; Microhabitats

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; COLD SEEP; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FAUNISTICS; GEODYNAMICS; HETEROGENEITY; MICROHABITAT; MUD VOLCANO; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN RIDGE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); NAPOLI [CAMPANIA];

EID: 84867517800     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09896     Document Type: Article

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