Challenging the paradigms of deep-sea ecology

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 465-475

  Danovaro, Roberto ^a,b   Snelgrove, Paul V R ^c   Tyler, Paul ^d  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hot spots; Deep sea ecology; Ecological paradigms; Ecosystem functioning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; BIOSPHERE; DEEP SEA; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; RESEARCH; SEAFLOOR;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE BIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84922755374     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.06.002     Document Type: Review

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