Diversity in deep-sea benthic macrofauna: The importance of local ecology, the larger scale, history and the Antarctic

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 14-16, 2004, Pages 1689-1708

  Gage, John D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL SOFT SEDIMENTS; DEEP-SEA BENTHIC MACROFAUNA; HETEROGENEITY; LOCAL-SCALE ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIODIVERSITY; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; MACROBENTHOS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

ISOPODA;

EID: 9644310361     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.07.013     Document Type: Article

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