496
Subject Index
Herbivory index 398, 399, 402
Heterotrophic bacteria 484-488, 490
Heterotrophic nanoflagellate (HNF) 476
Heterotrophic nanoplankton (HN) 476478, 480-482
Heterozygotes 316. 323-326, 384-385,
387,391-392
Holocene sediments 1, 5
Homozygotes 316,323,325-325,385,387
Hybridization 191-194
Hydrological characteristics 25,33
Hydrological dynamic 25, 372
Hydrothermal area 352-353
Hydrothermal composition 352
Hydrothermal distribution 427
Hydrothermal seepage 352,357
Hypersaline enviroments 155
Hyposmotic shock 297-303
Ichthyoplankton 143.144,146,147
Infauna distribution 366, 372
Isotopic carbon 105, 107, 109, 111
Macroalgae 317, 321, 443
Macroalgal biomass 466, 469, 472-9
Macroalgal population 317, 320
Macrodetritivores 330-331,333-336
Macrofuuna 255,269,305,311,317,318.
320,369,407,414
Macrofaunal assemblages 255,260,314
Macrozoobenthic communities 271,274,
275,305,366
Macrozoobenthos 271
Mechanosensorial apparatus 297,298
Meiofauna 255. 259, 331, 352, 354, 407
Meiofaunal abundance 259, 261, 355,
409,411
Meiofuunal assemblages 255,260,261
Meiofaunal composition 259
Mercury (Hg) concentration 101-104
Mercury (Hg) distribution 426,428,429,
431
Mesopelagic fishes 197,199-201,203-206
Mesope1agic food web 197,205,206
Metal accumulation 85
Metal concentration 63-65, 86-89, 95-98
Metal fluxes 125-127
Metal pollution 85, 95-96, 327
Metal trace 123, 124
Metallothionein (MT) 77-83, 85-89
Microbial food web 171, 172
Microbial loop 443,482
Microbial mineralization 330. 336
Micronekton 197, 200, 202
Migratory activity 197,200
Migratory behaviour 391
Mollusc community 304, 306
Morphobathymetry 1
Mortality 268, 269
Mortality partial 241, 243, 244
Mortality total 241-244, 323, 326, 327,
332
Mysids 149-154,200,201
Nematocytes 297-303
Nitrate concentration 12-16
Nitrate distribution 12
Nitrification-denitrification 226, 227,
228-231
Nitrifier-denitrifier 225, 226
Nitrogen fluxes 466,467
Nucleic adds (RNAJDNA) 434, 447,452
Nutrients 37-39,42, 179, 289, 294, 304.
310,314,317,330,414,418,419.422,
424,444,455,459,461-463.466, 467,
470472,484,485
Oceanographic features 360. 361
OiIlhydrocarbons 366, 367
Oligotrophic bacteria 191,192
Organic detritus 335,336, 342, 343, 345
Organic matter 105, 106, 11 0, 154, 171,
230,255-257,260,261,310,312,330,
333, 406, 407, 409--411, 416, 422, 424,
435, 436, 438, 440, 442-445, 461, 463,
484, 490-491
Organochlorines bioaccumulation 71,
73
Organochlorines concentrations 72
Organochlorines levels 71,73
Organochlorines 71, 76
Oxygen concentration 264, 391, 408
Particulate Carbohydrate (P-CHO) 437,
440
Particulate matter 11,110-112,190,414,
418,419,422,424
Particulate Organic Carbon (POC) 406,
410,437,490,491
Particulate Organic Matter (POM) 314,
434-450, 490
Particulate Organic Nitrogen (PON)
435439, 441
Particulate Protein (P-PRT) 437,439
Phenology 289, 291
Phospate distribution 14, 15
Phosphorus dynamic 330, 331,333,334
Phosphorus fluxes 466
Physical distributiun 9-10
Phytobenthic community 245-247, 250
Phytopigments 105-109
Phytoplankton activity 39
Phytoplankton assimilation 38
Phytoplankton biomass 435,441,444
Phytoplankton 171, 172, 178, 478 479,
481
Plankton abundance 143
Plankton distribution 200
Plankton production 143,178,480
Plant detritus 310-312, 314, 330, 331, 333
Platform discharges 366,367,372
Pollutants/pollution 77, 78, 82, 85, 92, 95,
96, 123,254,255,260, 316, 323, 326,
327,349,366,379,390
Polysaccharide production 61, 63
Polysaccharide 61-64
Population dynamics 235, 269, 321
Population structure 149, 152, 155, 156,
263,269
Primary producer 225, 228, 231,232
Primary production 143, 146, 171, 179.
225,228,310,330,339,409,435,443,
462,485,490
Productivity 310,390,469
Rhizome 95-98
River discharges 9, 13, IS, 27, 31, 33, 35,
48,59,124,128,407,414,419,422,424,
434,448,455,463,469
Seagrass biomass 289, 291-6, 294
Seagrass communities 289-293,384
Seagrass density 374
Seagrass system 289, 294, 399
Seasonal pattern 149, 151, 159, 294,
480
Seasonal succession 181,183
Seasonal variabilitylvariation 45, 48, SO,
59, 292, 374, 408-409, 414, 449, 453,
454,467
Secondary production 263,264,269,311,
340,436,443,462,463
Sediment accumulation 414-415
Sediment Com. Oxygen Consum.
(SCOC) 406-411
Sediment deposition 346, 349-350, 414,
422,424
"Sediment + detritus" 330-333
Sediment mixing 414, 415, 422
Sedimentary Organic Matter (SOM)
105-108, 110, 111,312,315,331,407,
414,434-449,452
Sediments 105, 112, 225, 226, 229-232,
236, 243, 255-258, 260, 261, 263, 268,
269, 278, 279, 281, 304, 305, 310-312,
330-334, 338, 344, 349, 353, 354, 357,
362,369, 372,406,407,409-411,414,
418, 422, 424, 426, 428432, 434-453,
462,467468
Seismic stratigraphy 4, 7
Sexual reproduction 384,385, 387
Silicate distribution 12, 14, 15
Species composition 135, 143-147, 149,
156, 181, 188-190, 200, 255. 271, 346,
369,395
Species diversity 131, 155, 167. 185, 188,
191,215.216,220,235,256, 258. 259,
283,286,360,364-365,390
Stratigraphy 1,4
Surface circulation 19,20,23
Surface currents 19, 20, 23
Surface dynamics 19
Surface frontal structures 19
Suspended matter 9-14,105, 447
Suspended Organic Matter (OSM) 105108,112,414,434-447
Sympatric occurrence 394, 395
Tectonism 4
Thanatocoenoses 414,422
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) 306, 309,
311,312,416,418,455
Total Suspended Matter {TSM} 437, 438,
441-443
Toxicological evaluation 71
Subject Index
Herbivory index 398, 399, 402
Heterotrophic bacteria 484-488, 490
Heterotrophic nanoflagellate (HNF) 476
Heterotrophic nanoplankton (HN) 476478, 480-482
Heterozygotes 316. 323-326, 384-385,
387,391-392
Holocene sediments 1, 5
Homozygotes 316,323,325-325,385,387
Hybridization 191-194
Hydrological characteristics 25,33
Hydrological dynamic 25, 372
Hydrothermal area 352-353
Hydrothermal composition 352
Hydrothermal distribution 427
Hydrothermal seepage 352,357
Hypersaline enviroments 155
Hyposmotic shock 297-303
Ichthyoplankton 143.144,146,147
Infauna distribution 366, 372
Isotopic carbon 105, 107, 109, 111
Macroalgae 317, 321, 443
Macroalgal biomass 466, 469, 472-9
Macroalgal population 317, 320
Macrodetritivores 330-331,333-336
Macrofuuna 255,269,305,311,317,318.
320,369,407,414
Macrofaunal assemblages 255,260,314
Macrozoobenthic communities 271,274,
275,305,366
Macrozoobenthos 271
Mechanosensorial apparatus 297,298
Meiofauna 255. 259, 331, 352, 354, 407
Meiofaunal abundance 259, 261, 355,
409,411
Meiofuunal assemblages 255,260,261
Meiofaunal composition 259
Mercury (Hg) concentration 101-104
Mercury (Hg) distribution 426,428,429,
431
Mesopelagic fishes 197,199-201,203-206
Mesope1agic food web 197,205,206
Metal accumulation 85
Metal concentration 63-65, 86-89, 95-98
Metal fluxes 125-127
Metal pollution 85, 95-96, 327
Metal trace 123, 124
Metallothionein (MT) 77-83, 85-89
Microbial food web 171, 172
Microbial loop 443,482
Microbial mineralization 330. 336
Micronekton 197, 200, 202
Migratory activity 197,200
Migratory behaviour 391
Mollusc community 304, 306
Morphobathymetry 1
Mortality 268, 269
Mortality partial 241, 243, 244
Mortality total 241-244, 323, 326, 327,
332
Mysids 149-154,200,201
Nematocytes 297-303
Nitrate concentration 12-16
Nitrate distribution 12
Nitrification-denitrification 226, 227,
228-231
Nitrifier-denitrifier 225, 226
Nitrogen fluxes 466,467
Nucleic adds (RNAJDNA) 434, 447,452
Nutrients 37-39,42, 179, 289, 294, 304.
310,314,317,330,414,418,419.422,
424,444,455,459,461-463.466, 467,
470472,484,485
Oceanographic features 360. 361
OiIlhydrocarbons 366, 367
Oligotrophic bacteria 191,192
Organic detritus 335,336, 342, 343, 345
Organic matter 105, 106, 11 0, 154, 171,
230,255-257,260,261,310,312,330,
333, 406, 407, 409--411, 416, 422, 424,
435, 436, 438, 440, 442-445, 461, 463,
484, 490-491
Organochlorines bioaccumulation 71,
73
Organochlorines concentrations 72
Organochlorines levels 71,73
Organochlorines 71, 76
Oxygen concentration 264, 391, 408
Particulate Carbohydrate (P-CHO) 437,
440
Particulate matter 11,110-112,190,414,
418,419,422,424
Particulate Organic Carbon (POC) 406,
410,437,490,491
Particulate Organic Matter (POM) 314,
434-450, 490
Particulate Organic Nitrogen (PON)
435439, 441
Particulate Protein (P-PRT) 437,439
Phenology 289, 291
Phospate distribution 14, 15
Phosphorus dynamic 330, 331,333,334
Phosphorus fluxes 466
Physical distributiun 9-10
Phytobenthic community 245-247, 250
Phytopigments 105-109
Phytoplankton activity 39
Phytoplankton assimilation 38
Phytoplankton biomass 435,441,444
Phytoplankton 171, 172, 178, 478 479,
481
Plankton abundance 143
Plankton distribution 200
Plankton production 143,178,480
Plant detritus 310-312, 314, 330, 331, 333
Platform discharges 366,367,372
Pollutants/pollution 77, 78, 82, 85, 92, 95,
96, 123,254,255,260, 316, 323, 326,
327,349,366,379,390
Polysaccharide production 61, 63
Polysaccharide 61-64
Population dynamics 235, 269, 321
Population structure 149, 152, 155, 156,
263,269
Primary producer 225, 228, 231,232
Primary production 143, 146, 171, 179.
225,228,310,330,339,409,435,443,
462,485,490
Productivity 310,390,469
Rhizome 95-98
River discharges 9, 13, IS, 27, 31, 33, 35,
48,59,124,128,407,414,419,422,424,
434,448,455,463,469
Seagrass biomass 289, 291-6, 294
Seagrass communities 289-293,384
Seagrass density 374
Seagrass system 289, 294, 399
Seasonal pattern 149, 151, 159, 294,
480
Seasonal succession 181,183
Seasonal variabilitylvariation 45, 48, SO,
59, 292, 374, 408-409, 414, 449, 453,
454,467
Secondary production 263,264,269,311,
340,436,443,462,463
Sediment accumulation 414-415
Sediment Com. Oxygen Consum.
(SCOC) 406-411
Sediment deposition 346, 349-350, 414,
422,424
"Sediment + detritus" 330-333
Sediment mixing 414, 415, 422
Sedimentary Organic Matter (SOM)
105-108, 110, 111,312,315,331,407,
414,434-449,452
Sediments 105, 112, 225, 226, 229-232,
236, 243, 255-258, 260, 261, 263, 268,
269, 278, 279, 281, 304, 305, 310-312,
330-334, 338, 344, 349, 353, 354, 357,
362,369, 372,406,407,409-411,414,
418, 422, 424, 426, 428432, 434-453,
462,467468
Seismic stratigraphy 4, 7
Sexual reproduction 384,385, 387
Silicate distribution 12, 14, 15
Species composition 135, 143-147, 149,
156, 181, 188-190, 200, 255. 271, 346,
369,395
Species diversity 131, 155, 167. 185, 188,
191,215.216,220,235,256, 258. 259,
283,286,360,364-365,390
Stratigraphy 1,4
Surface circulation 19,20,23
Surface currents 19, 20, 23
Surface dynamics 19
Surface frontal structures 19
Suspended matter 9-14,105, 447
Suspended Organic Matter (OSM) 105108,112,414,434-447
Sympatric occurrence 394, 395
Tectonism 4
Thanatocoenoses 414,422
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) 306, 309,
311,312,416,418,455
Total Suspended Matter {TSM} 437, 438,
441-443
Toxicological evaluation 71