Submersible- and lander-observed community patterns in the Mariana and New Britain trenches: Influence of productivity and depth on epibenthic and scavenging communities

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 99, Issue , 2015, Pages 119-133

  Gallo, Natalya D ^a   James Cameron, ^b   Kevin Hardy, ^c   Patricia Fryer, ^d   Douglas H Bartlett, ^e   Lisa A Levin, ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b Blue Planet Marine Research Foundation   (United States)

^c Global Ocean Design   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Baited lander; Benthos; Biodiversity; Challenger Deep; Hadal zone; Human occupied vehicle; Megafauna; Submersible; Trench ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; SCAVENGING;

BAITED LANDER; BENTHOS; CHALLENGER DEEP; HUMAN OCCUPIED VEHICLES; MEGAFAUNA;

SUBMERSIBLES;

ABUNDANCE; ALLOCHTHON; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBMERSIBLE;

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; BRAZIL; MARIANA; MINAS GERAIS; NEW BRITAIN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ACROCIRRIDAE; AMPHIPODA; ELPIDIIDAE; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; POLYCHAETA; SCYPHOZOA; ULMARIDAE; XENOPHYOPHORA;

EID: 84924750073     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.12.012     Document Type: Article

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