Effects of experimentally increased near-bottom flow on meiofauna diversity and community structure in the ArcticOcean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-45

  Soltwedel, Thomas ^a   Mokievsky, Vadim ^b   Rabouille, Christophe ^c   Sauter, Eberhard ^a   Volkenandt, Mareike ^a   Hasemann, Christiane ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deep sea; Flume; In situ experiment; Meiofauna; Nematoda

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; FLUME; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODA;

BIODIVERSITY; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW VELOCITY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; OBSERVATORY; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA;

EID: 84871717949     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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