Deep-sea echinoderm oxygen consumption rates and an interclass comparison of metabolic rates in Asteroidea, Crinoidea, Echinoidea, Holothuroidea and Ophiuroidea
Echinoderms are important components of deep-sea communities because their abundance and their activities contribute to carbon cycling. Estimating echinoderm contribution to food webs and carbon cycling is important to our understanding of the functioning of the deep-sea environment and how this may...
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| Language: | English |
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2011.
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