Macrofaunal colonization across the Indian margin oxygen minimum zone

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 7161-7177

  Levin, L A ^a   McGregor, A L ^a   Mendoza, G F ^a   Woulds, C ^b,f   Cross, P ^a   Witte, U ^c   Gooday, A J ^d   Cowie, G ^b   Kitazato, H ^e  

^a CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISTURBANCE; FORAMINIFERA; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER;

EID: 84886636853     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-7161-2013     Document Type: Article

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