Bioavailability of sinking organic matter in the Blanes canyon and the adjacent open slope (NW Mediterranean Sea)
Submarine canyons are sites of intense energy and material exchange between the shelf and the deep adjacent basins. To test the hypothesis that active submarine canyons represent preferential conduits of available food for the deep-sea benthos, two mooring lines were deployed at 1200 m depth from No...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-05-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/10/3405/2013/bg-10-3405-2013.pdf |