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| Menot, Lenaick; Crassous, Philippe; Desbruyeres, Daniel; Galeron, Joelle; Khripounoff, Alexis; Sibuet, M.. |
| In the framework of the deep-sea environmental programme BIOZAIRE (Ifremer-Total), colonization trays were deployed for 283-433 days at three sites along the equatorial West African margin: ZA at 1300-m depth, ZC at 4000-m depth far from the Congo canyon and ZD at 4000-m depth close to the Congo canyon. The experiments aimed at determining the influence of depth and local environmental settings on macrofaunal colonization patterns and organic carbon degradation rates. The trays were filled with glass beads and this artificial substrate was enriched with ground particulate organic matter in a gradient of 0%, 0.34%, 1.02% and 3.43% organic carbon. The highest rates of organic carbon degradation ranged, according to the duration of the experiments, from 1.59... |
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Palavras-chave: Diversity; Organic enrichment; Macrofauna; Deep sea; Colonization; Biozaire. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-7323.pdf |
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