Resting stage in the biogenic fraction of surface sediments from the deep Mediterranean Sea

The presence of resting stages in neritic areas is well known, while their occurrence in the deep sea realm has seldom been considered. Recent investigations showed strict interactions between neritic and deep sea domains, due to up- and down-welling phenomena driven by submarine canyons. To estimat...

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Main Authors: Luigi della Tommasa, Roberto Danovaro, Genuario Belmonte, Ferdinando Boero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2004-04-01
Series:Scientia Marina
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Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/388