VERTICAL-DISTRIBUTION OF BENTHIC INFAUNA IN CONTINENTAL-SLOPE SEDIMENTS OFF CAPE LOOKOUT, NORTH-CAROLINA

Authors
BLAKE JA
Citation
Ja. Blake, VERTICAL-DISTRIBUTION OF BENTHIC INFAUNA IN CONTINENTAL-SLOPE SEDIMENTS OFF CAPE LOOKOUT, NORTH-CAROLINA, Deep-sea research. Part 2. Topical studies in oceanography, 41(4-6), 1994, pp. 919-927
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy
Journal title
Deep-sea research. Part 2. Topical studies in oceanography → ACNP
ISSN journal
09670645
Volume
41
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
919 - 927
Database
ISI
SICI code
0967-0645(1994)41:4-6<919:VOBIIC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The vertical distribution of 30 species of benthic infauna from contin ental slope (583-3000 m) sediments off Cape Lookout, North Carolina wa s closely correlated with feeding types. Carnivores, omnivores, filter feeders, and surface deposit feeders were mostly concentrated in the upper 0-2 cm of the cores. The depth distribution of subsurface deposi t feeders was more variable, even among related taxa.