Changes in deep-sea metazoan meiobenthic communities and nematode assemblages along a depth gradient (North-western Sea of Japan, Pacific)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 86-87, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-65

  Trebukhova, Yu A ^a   Miljutin, D M ^b   Pavlyuk, O N ^a   Mar'yash, A A ^c   Brenke, Nils ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Community composition; Deep sea; Density; Diversity; Meiofauna; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP SEA; DIVERSITY; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODES;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY);

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP SEA; MEIOFAUNA; METAZOAN; NEMATODE; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DENSITY; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; WATER DEPTH;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84874311398     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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