Unexpectedly higher metazoan meiofauna abundances in the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench compared to the adjacent abyssal plains

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-75

  Schmidt, Christina ^a   Martínez Arbizu, Pedro ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community structure; Deep sea; Grain size; Kuril kamchatka trench; Meiofauna; North western pacific; POC

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ORGANIC CARBON; REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTS; TEXTURES;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DEEP SEA; GRAIN SIZE; KAMCHATKA; MEIOFAUNA; WESTERN PACIFIC;

LANDFORMS;

ABUNDANCE; ABYSSAL PLAIN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INVERTEBRATE; MEIOFAUNA; METAZOAN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; TAXONOMY;

KAMCHATKA SHELF; KURIL TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

ACARI; AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; COELENTERATA; COPEPODA; CUMACEA; GASTROTRICHA; ISOPODA; KINORHYNCHA; LORICIFERA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; PRIAPULIDA; TANAIDACEA; TANTULOCARIDA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 84919665376     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.08.019     Document Type: Article

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