The influence of productivity on abyssal foraminiferal biodiversity

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-431

  Gooday, Andrew J ^a   Bett, Brian J ^a   Jones, Daniel O B ^a   Kitazato, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep sea benthos; Diversity indices; Organic carbon flux; Phytodetritus; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ORGANISM; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON FLUX; CORRELATION; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORAMINIFERA; ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY; SAMPLING; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84869161892     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-012-0121-8     Document Type: Review

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