The reproductive ecology of deep-sea ophiuroids around the Crozet plateau, Southern Indian ocean, under contrasting productivity regimes

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-26

  Billett, D S M ^a   Bett, B J ^a   Evans, R ^a   Cross, I ^a   Tyler, P A ^b   Wolff, G A ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthos; Crozet; Ocean productivity; Ophiuroid; Reproductive ecology; Southern Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CROZET; OPHIUROID; REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY; SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRODUCTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; ECHINODERM; ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION SIZE; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

CROZET ISLANDS; CROZET PLATEAU; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH);

AMPHIOPLUS; OPHIACANTHA; OPHIURA; OPHIURA IRRORATA; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 84878991919     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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