Spatial and temporal variability of meiobenthic density in the Blanes submarine canyon (NW Mediterranean)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 144-158

  Romano, C ^a   Coenjaerts, J ^a   Flexas, M M ^b,g   Zuniga D ^c,d   Vanreusel, A ^e   Company, J B ^f   Martin, D ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; LITHOGENIC MATERIAL; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NUTRITIONAL QUALITIES; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

AQUACULTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

SUBMARINES;

BOTTOM CURRENT; HETEROGENEITY; LITHOLOGY; MEIOFAUNA; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE CANYON; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84888067697     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.026     Document Type: Article

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