Bathymetric variations in vertical distribution patterns of meiofauna in the surface sediments of the deep Arctic ocean (HAUSGARTEN, Fram strait)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-49

  Górska, Barbara ^a   Grzelak, Katarzyna ^a   Kotwicki, Lech ^a   Hasemann, Christiane ^b   Schewe, Ingo ^b   Soltwedel, Thomas ^b   Włodarska Kowalczuk, Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Deep sea; HAUSGARTEN; Meiofauna; Sediments; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FERROELECTRIC RAM; FOOD SUPPLY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; DEEP SEA; HAUSGARTEN; MEIOFAUNA; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

BATHYMETRY;

BATHYMETRY; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEIOFAUNA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84904657112     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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