High biodiversity on a deep-water reef in the eastern Fram Strait

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Meyer, Kirstin S ^a   Soltwedel, Thomas ^b   Bergmann, Melanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DEEP WATER ROCKY REEF; FOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; AQUATIC SPECIES; CORAL REEF; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEFS; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY; SVALBARD;

EID: 84922733673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105424     Document Type: Article

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