Latitudinal and temporal variability in the community structure and fatty acid composition of deep-sea nematodes in the Southern Ocean

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-92

  Guilini, Katja ^a   Veit Köhler, Gritta ^b   De Troch, Marleen ^a   Gansbeke, Dirk Van ^a   Vanreusel, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS; GENERIC COMPOSITION; NEMATODE ASSEMBLAGES; NEMATODE COMMUNITIES; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

AQUACULTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ABYSSAL ORGANISM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOENERGETICS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DIET; FATTY ACID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIPID; NEMATODE; PHYTODETRITUS; POLAR FRONT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; LEPTOLAIMUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 84875379348     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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