The macro- and micro-scale patchiness of meiobenthos associated with the Darwin Mounds (north-east Atlantic)

• Published in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• Main Authors: Van Gaever, S., Vanreusel, A., Hughes, J.A., Bett, B.J., Kiriakoulakis, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2004
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Rockall Trough; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315404009555h; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315404009555

Meiobenthic community structure was investigated at different spatial scales (from 100 metres to centimetres) on and adjacent to a group of coral-topped sandy mounds in the bathyal north-east Atlantic (Darwin Mounds, Rockall Trough) and related to the environmental conditions in the area, mainly dif...