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, S., Olu, K., Derycke, S., Vanreusel, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Deep sea environments; Meiobenthos; Nematodes; Seeps; Halomonhystera disjuncta; Nematoda [Nematodes]; Terschellingia longicaudata; Terschellingia longicaudata de Man; 1907; ANE; Norway; Barents Sea; Nyegga; Storegga
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=134322

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...