Spatial and temporal infaunal dynamics of the Blanes submarine canyon-slope system (NW Mediterranean); changes in nematode standing stocks, feeding types and gender-life stage ratios

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-174

  Ingels, Jeroen ^a   Vanreusel, Ann ^b   Romano, Chiara ^c   Coenjaerts, Johan ^c   Mar Flexas, M ^d,g   Zúñiga, Diana ^e,f   Martin, Daniel ^c  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; NEMATODE COMMUNITIES; NW MEDITERRANEAN; SUBMARINE CANYON; TEMPORAL EFFECTS; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; SUBMARINES;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRAIN SIZE; HETEROGENEITY; NEMATODE; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE CANYON; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER DEPTH;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84888028420     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.021     Document Type: Article

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