Macrofaunal assemblages from mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Cadiz: Abundance, biodiversity and diversity partitioning across spatial scales

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2553-2568

  Cunha, M R ^a   Rodrigues, C F ^a   Genio L ^a   Hilario A ^a   Ravara, A ^a   Pfannkuche, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIVALVE; COLD SEEP; MACROBENTHOS; MUD VOLCANO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYCHAETE; SEEPAGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); GULF OF CADIZ; IBERIAN MARGIN;

EID: 84877998739     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2553-2013     Document Type: Article

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