The snails' tale in deep-sea habitats in the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic)

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 5159-5170

  Genio L ^a,c   Waren A ^b   Matos, F L ^a   Cunha, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BATHYMETRY; BENTHOS; COLONIZATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP SEA; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MUD VOLCANO; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEAGRASS; SNAIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 84884893153     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-5159-2013     Document Type: Article

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