Meiobenthos in the Sub-equatorial Pacific Abyss A Proxy in Anthropogenic Impact Evaluation /

• Main Author: Radziejewska, Teresa (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences, South America and the Southern Hemisphere,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Oceanography.; Geobiology.; Aquatic ecology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

Against the backdrop of the environmental setting of the subequatorial NE Pacific abyssal plain, the book will characterise the meiobenthos as an ecological category in the deep sea and introduce research lines meiobenthic studies are applied to, including environmental assessments of human-induced...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Characteristics of the sub-equatorial north-eastern pacific ocean’s abyss, with a particular reference to the Clarion-clipperton fracture zone
• 3 Meiobenthos of the sub-equatorial north-eastern pacific abyssal seafloor: a synopsis
• 4 Meiobenthos as a component of anthropogenic disturbance assessment in the abyssal pacific environment
• 5 Epilogue.