Benthic meiofaunal density and community composition in the deep White Sea and their temporal variations

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1837-1850

  Miljutin, Dmitry M ^a   Miljutina, Maria A ^a   Mokievsky, Vadim O ^b   Tchesunov, Alexei V ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Community; Density; Foraminifera; Harpacticoida; Meiobenthic; Nematoda; Pseudo bathyal; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP SEA; FORAMINIFERA; JUVENILE; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONALITY; SHALLOW WATER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; WHITE SEA;

ANIMALIA; FORAMINIFERA; HARPACTICOIDA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84869196167     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1226-z     Document Type: Article

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