The ecology and physiology of trench amphipods from bathyal to hadal depths
Hadal trenches account for the deepest 45% of the ocean (6000 - ~11,000 m). This environment is characterised by perpetual darkness, low temperature and high hydrostatic pressure. Amphipods dominate the scavenging fauna at these depths and are an ideal model organism with which to study this ecosyst...
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University of Aberdeen
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.690570 |