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| Flach, E.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Heip, C.H.R.. |
| Meio- and macrofauna density and biomass were estimated at the OMEX-transect across the continental slope of the Goban Spur at water depths ranging from 208 to 4460 m in the north-east Atlantic. A linear increase in the ratio between meio- and macrofauna densities with increasing water depth was found. At the continental shelf meiofauna densities were similar to 50 times higher than macrofauna densities, whereas in the abyss meiofauna densities were more than 1000 times higher. This change in ratio was due to a significant decrease in macrofauna densities with increasing water depth, whereas the meiofauna densities staved more or less at the same level. The ratio in biomass between meio- and macrofauna showed a dip at similar to 1000 m. At this depth... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ecology; Sediment; Sites; Spectra; Nematoda [Nematodes]. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=7325 |
