Metazoan meiofaunal communities at cold seeps along the Norwegian margin: Influence of habitat heterogeneity and evidence for connection with shallow-water habitats

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Van Gaever, Saskia, Olu, Karine, Derycke, Sofie, Vanreusel, Ann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2009
• Subjects: Terschellingia longicaudata; Halomonhystera disjuncta; Cryptic species; Nematodes; Meiobenthos; Cold seeps; Barents Sea; Norway; Nyegga; Storegga
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-7484.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2008.12.015; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/7484/

Cold-seep environments and their associated symbiont-bearing megafaunal communities create islands of primary production for macro- and meiofauna in the otherwise monotonous and nutrient-poor deep-sea environment. To examine the spatial variation and distribution patterns of metazoan meiobenthos in...