Deep-Sea Benthic Sampling

Methods for the Study of Marine Benthos: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 273-325

  Gage, John D ^a   Bett, Brain J ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry systems; Benthic sampling; Deep sea benthos; Deploying sampling gear; Sampling equipment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983725637     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470995129.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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