Nematode abundance at the oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea
This paper supports the hypothesis that low oxygen does not influence deep-sea nematode abundance by investigating an oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) on the Oman slope in the Arabian Sea. Correlation with a number of environmental variables indicated that food quality (measured as the hydrogen index) rath...
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ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:8864 2023-07-30T04:05:46+02:00 Nematode abundance at the oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea Cook, A.A. Lambshead, P.J.D. Hawkins, L.E. Mitchell, N. Levin, L.A. 2000 https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/8864/ unknown Cook, A.A., Lambshead, P.J.D., Hawkins, L.E., Mitchell, N. and Levin, L.A. (2000) Nematode abundance at the oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 47 (1-2), 75-85. (doi:10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00097-1 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00097-1>). Article PeerReviewed 2000 ftsouthampton https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00097-1 2023-07-09T20:29:36Z This paper supports the hypothesis that low oxygen does not influence deep-sea nematode abundance by investigating an oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) on the Oman slope in the Arabian Sea. Correlation with a number of environmental variables indicated that food quality (measured as the hydrogen index) rather than oxygen was the major predictor of nematode abundance. Nematode abundance was also positively correlated with abundance of total macrofauna, annelids, spionid polychaetes and macrofaunal tube builders. Comparison with published data showed Arabian Sea nematode abundance to be similar to that of the Porcupine Seabight and Bay of Biscay regions of the northeast Atlantic, which also receive significant quantities of phytodetritus but have no OMZ. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northeast Atlantic University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton Porcupine Seabight ENVELOPE(-13.000,-13.000,50.500,50.500) Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 47 1-2 75 85 |
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This paper supports the hypothesis that low oxygen does not influence deep-sea nematode abundance by investigating an oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) on the Oman slope in the Arabian Sea. Correlation with a number of environmental variables indicated that food quality (measured as the hydrogen index) rather than oxygen was the major predictor of nematode abundance. Nematode abundance was also positively correlated with abundance of total macrofauna, annelids, spionid polychaetes and macrofaunal tube builders. Comparison with published data showed Arabian Sea nematode abundance to be similar to that of the Porcupine Seabight and Bay of Biscay regions of the northeast Atlantic, which also receive significant quantities of phytodetritus but have no OMZ. |
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Cook, A.A. Lambshead, P.J.D. Hawkins, L.E. Mitchell, N. Levin, L.A. |
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Cook, A.A. Lambshead, P.J.D. Hawkins, L.E. Mitchell, N. Levin, L.A. Nematode abundance at the oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea |
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Nematode abundance at the oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea |
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Nematode abundance at the oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea |
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Nematode abundance at the oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea |
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Nematode abundance at the oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea |
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Nematode abundance at the oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea |
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nematode abundance at the oxygen minimum zone in the arabian sea |
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Cook, A.A., Lambshead, P.J.D., Hawkins, L.E., Mitchell, N. and Levin, L.A. (2000) Nematode abundance at the oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 47 (1-2), 75-85. (doi:10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00097-1 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00097-1>). |
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