Meiobenthos of the Deep Northeast Atlantic

Advances in Marine Biology - Tập 30 - Trang 1-88 - 1994
M. Vincx1, B.J. Bett2, A. Dinet3, T. Ferrero4, A.J. Gooday2, P.J.D. Lambshead4, O. Pfannkuche5, T. Soltwedel6, A. Vanreusel1
1University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B 9000 Gent, Belgium.
2Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory, Brook Road, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey GU8 5UB, UK
3Laboratoire Arago, F 66650 Banyuls sur Mer, France.
4Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
5Forschungzentrum für Marine Geowissenschaften, GEO MAR Abt. Marine Umweltgeologie, Universität Kiel, Wischhofstr. 1-3, Kiel, Germany
6Institut für Hydrobiologie und Fischereiwissenschaft, Universität Hamburg, Zeiseweg 9, 22765, Germany.

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