GENERAL INDEX
521
– ostracods, 62, 64
– over-exploitation, 475
– oxygen, 43, 116
– oxygen consumption, 133, 161
– oxygen distribution, 7
– oxygen minimum zones, 112
– particulate organic carbon (POC), 157
– physiography, 113
– phytodetritus, 120–122, 338
– – characteristics, 121
– – composition, 323
– – effects on abundances, 338
– – effects on densities, 151
– – interannual variability, 325
– – mass accumulation, 321, 322
– – mass deposition, 328
– – mass swarming of salps, 325
– – temporal patterns, 323
– plant remains, 354
– population changes, 350
– primary ecological domains, 120
– primary production, 112, 119–123, 303
– – seasonality, 120–122
– rebound flux, 329
– remineralization, 335
– reproductive periodicity, 383
– respiration, 124
– resuspension, 328, 364
– sampling, 112, 113, 116, 124, 126, 129, 131, 142, 151, 297,
298, 300, 323, 473
– seafloor topography, 113
– seamounts, 151
– seasonal migrations, 60
– seasonality, 120, 123
– – Ophiocten gracilis, 330
– sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC), 159–161,
335, 336
– sediment traps, 72
– sedimentation rates, 118, 125
– sediments, 118, 119, 124, 127
– – Amazon River, 118
– – authigenic deposits, 119
– – calcium carbonate content, 118
– – carbonate oozes, 112, 118
– – foraminiferal oozes, 118
– – mass-movement events, 119
– – organic carbon content, 317
– – planktonic foraminiferal tests, 118
– – red clay, 112, 118
– – Russian studies, 118
– – Sahara Desert, 118
– – siliceous (diatomaceous) oozes, 118
– – terrigenous sediments, 118
– – turbidite depostion, 119
– ship losses, 432
– shrimps, 392
– source of deep water, 112
– species distribution, 112, 124–137, 156
– – Bay of Biscay, 138, 139
– – Goban Spur, 137, 138
– – Iberian margin, 139
– – Northeast Atlantic abyssal plains, 141–151
– – Northwest African margin, 140, 141
– species diversity, 296
– – effects of depth, 296, 298
– – effects of latitude, 300, 301, 303
– spring bloom, 112, 119–121, 160, 321, 350, 430
– studies, 114
– – Atlantic Continental Slope and Rise Study (ASCAR), 115
– – BENGAL, 114
– – BIGSET, 114
– – BIO-C-FLUX, 114, 461
– – BIOFAR, 114
– – BIOGAS, 114, 116
– – BIOTRANS, 114, 116, 336, 461
– – DORA, 114, 116
– – EU MAST, 116
– – EUMELI, 114, 116
– – High Energy Benthic Boundary Layer Experiment
(HEBBLE), 115
– – IOSDL Porcupine Seabight Programme, 114, 116
– – JGOFS, 326
– – MAST, 114
– – OMEX, 114, 116
– – Rockall Trough time series, 116
– – Shelf Edge Exchange Processes (SEEP), 115, 366
– – Sondersforschungsbereich 313, 114
– submarine canyons, 126–128
– succession, 165
– temperature variation, 6
– trophic coupling, 350
– turbidites, 119
– upwelling, 67, 112, 116, 156
– – equatorial Atlantic, 153
– vent faunas, 112
– vertical flux, 364
– – variability, 350
– very fine particles, 320
– waste disposal
– – Brent Spar, 435
– – nuclear waste, 435, 437, 439
– – sewage sludge, 440
– water mass properties, 112
– whale carcasses as bait, 358
– xenophyophores, 112
– zoogeographic patterns, 112
Atlantic Westerly Winds, 120
Atlantic–Indian Basin (Southern Ocean), 249, 250
Atlantis II Deep (Red Sea), 267, 268
– vertical flux, 268
atmosphere, freons in, 429
ATP, see adenosine triphosphate
AUDOS experiments, 153
Australasia, 45
Australian–Antarctic Basin (Indian Ocean), 221
– bottom currents, 225
authigenic deposits, 119
autochthonous communities, 284
521
– ostracods, 62, 64
– over-exploitation, 475
– oxygen, 43, 116
– oxygen consumption, 133, 161
– oxygen distribution, 7
– oxygen minimum zones, 112
– particulate organic carbon (POC), 157
– physiography, 113
– phytodetritus, 120–122, 338
– – characteristics, 121
– – composition, 323
– – effects on abundances, 338
– – effects on densities, 151
– – interannual variability, 325
– – mass accumulation, 321, 322
– – mass deposition, 328
– – mass swarming of salps, 325
– – temporal patterns, 323
– plant remains, 354
– population changes, 350
– primary ecological domains, 120
– primary production, 112, 119–123, 303
– – seasonality, 120–122
– rebound flux, 329
– remineralization, 335
– reproductive periodicity, 383
– respiration, 124
– resuspension, 328, 364
– sampling, 112, 113, 116, 124, 126, 129, 131, 142, 151, 297,
298, 300, 323, 473
– seafloor topography, 113
– seamounts, 151
– seasonal migrations, 60
– seasonality, 120, 123
– – Ophiocten gracilis, 330
– sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC), 159–161,
335, 336
– sediment traps, 72
– sedimentation rates, 118, 125
– sediments, 118, 119, 124, 127
– – Amazon River, 118
– – authigenic deposits, 119
– – calcium carbonate content, 118
– – carbonate oozes, 112, 118
– – foraminiferal oozes, 118
– – mass-movement events, 119
– – organic carbon content, 317
– – planktonic foraminiferal tests, 118
– – red clay, 112, 118
– – Russian studies, 118
– – Sahara Desert, 118
– – siliceous (diatomaceous) oozes, 118
– – terrigenous sediments, 118
– – turbidite depostion, 119
– ship losses, 432
– shrimps, 392
– source of deep water, 112
– species distribution, 112, 124–137, 156
– – Bay of Biscay, 138, 139
– – Goban Spur, 137, 138
– – Iberian margin, 139
– – Northeast Atlantic abyssal plains, 141–151
– – Northwest African margin, 140, 141
– species diversity, 296
– – effects of depth, 296, 298
– – effects of latitude, 300, 301, 303
– spring bloom, 112, 119–121, 160, 321, 350, 430
– studies, 114
– – Atlantic Continental Slope and Rise Study (ASCAR), 115
– – BENGAL, 114
– – BIGSET, 114
– – BIO-C-FLUX, 114, 461
– – BIOFAR, 114
– – BIOGAS, 114, 116
– – BIOTRANS, 114, 116, 336, 461
– – DORA, 114, 116
– – EU MAST, 116
– – EUMELI, 114, 116
– – High Energy Benthic Boundary Layer Experiment
(HEBBLE), 115
– – IOSDL Porcupine Seabight Programme, 114, 116
– – JGOFS, 326
– – MAST, 114
– – OMEX, 114, 116
– – Rockall Trough time series, 116
– – Shelf Edge Exchange Processes (SEEP), 115, 366
– – Sondersforschungsbereich 313, 114
– submarine canyons, 126–128
– succession, 165
– temperature variation, 6
– trophic coupling, 350
– turbidites, 119
– upwelling, 67, 112, 116, 156
– – equatorial Atlantic, 153
– vent faunas, 112
– vertical flux, 364
– – variability, 350
– very fine particles, 320
– waste disposal
– – Brent Spar, 435
– – nuclear waste, 435, 437, 439
– – sewage sludge, 440
– water mass properties, 112
– whale carcasses as bait, 358
– xenophyophores, 112
– zoogeographic patterns, 112
Atlantic Westerly Winds, 120
Atlantic–Indian Basin (Southern Ocean), 249, 250
Atlantis II Deep (Red Sea), 267, 268
– vertical flux, 268
atmosphere, freons in, 429
ATP, see adenosine triphosphate
AUDOS experiments, 153
Australasia, 45
Australian–Antarctic Basin (Indian Ocean), 221
– bottom currents, 225
authigenic deposits, 119
autochthonous communities, 284