Nematode abundance at the oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Cook, A.A., Lambshead, P.J.D., Hawkins, L.E., Mitchell, N., Levin, L.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Porcupine Seabight; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/8864/

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...