526
GENERAL INDEX
buoyancy (cont’d)
– ostracods, 73
– physiological changes with depth, 73
– sharks, 73
– siphonophores, 73
– snails, 73
– squid, 73
– tuna, 73
burial, 184, 364, 365, 442
burial flux, 362
burrowing anemones, 164
burrows, 154, 155, 165, 337, 346
– hoarding, 352
– oxygen minimum zones, 228
Buru Basin (Indonesia), 272, 273
Bush Hill (Gulf of Mexico), 285
bythograeids, 100, 388, 391, 392, 416
13 C analyses, 320, 347, 353, 361
13 C/
12 C activity ratios, 100
13 C enrichment, 361
14 C labelling, 360
Cabo Pe˜ na Grande (Western Sahara), 139
cadmium, 51
caesium, 428, 439
calcareous oozes, 118, 270, 283
calcium carbonate, 42, 44
– compensation depth (CCCD), 112, 118, 224
– content in Atlantic vs. Pacific sediments, 118
calcium phosphate, 119
California Continental Borderland, 8
California slope (Pacific Ocean), 186–197
– biogenic features, 186
– bioturbation, 195, 196
– carbon sources, 189–194
– demersal fish, 191
– deposit feeders, 193
– microbial biomass, 189
– oxygen minimum layer, 7, 197
– particulate organic carbon (POC), 194
– phytodetritus, 189, 190
– predators, 194
– recolonization rates, 196, 197
– respiration rates, 194, 195
– scavengers, 191–193
– seasonality, 190
– sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC), 190
– sediment traps, 189, 190
– sediments, 186
– species distribution, 186–189
– vertical flux, 190
camera-sled, 329
cameras, 11, 12
camouflage, 56, 72
Canada Basin (Arctic Ocean)
– organic carbon, 244
– sediments, 243, 244
Canary Current (Atlantic Ocean), 116
Canary Islands (Atlantic Ocean)
– copepods, 63
– sampling, 64
canyons, 115, 197
– biomass, 197
– demersal fish, 197
– detritivores, 197
– diversity, 197
– food supply, 197
– infaunal assemblages, 197
– macrofaunal densities, 197
– nursery grounds, 197
– tidal currents, 330
– turbidity flows, 331
Cap Blanc (Atlantic Ocean), 139, 140, 156, 334
– densities, 140
– vertical flux, 157
Cape Basin (Atlantic Ocean), 141
– faunal densities, 153
– manganese nodules, 119
Cape Fear (Atlantic Ocean), 148
Cape Hatteras (Atlantic Ocean), 123, 129, 130
– biomass, 148
– bioturbation, 129
– canyons, 128
– carbon flux, 160
– diversity, 129
– faunal densities, 126, 129, 148
– food supply, 158
– organic matter input, 129
– phytodetritus, 298
– sampling, 129
– sedimentation rates, 129
– sediments, 129
– terrigenous inputs, 129
– vertical flux, 157
Cape Lookout (Atlantic Ocean), 129, 148
Cape Mazagan (Morocco), 139
Cape Verde Abyssal Plain (Atlantic Ocean)
– animal traces, 155
– biomass, 146
– bioturbation, 163
– densities, 146
– – foraminiferans, 151
– – macrofauna, 140, 150
– – megafauna, 141, 155
– – meiofauna, 150
– echiurans, 150
– location, 117
– necrophages, 152
– phytodetritus, 121
– sampling, 116
Cape Verde Basin (Atlantic Ocean), 146
Cape Verde Islands (Atlantic Ocean), 118
Capo Cavallo (Mediterranean Sea), 266
carbohydrates, 324, 361
carbon, 40, 111
– sinking particles, 320
– suspended particles, 320
carbon budget discrepancies, 364
GENERAL INDEX
buoyancy (cont’d)
– ostracods, 73
– physiological changes with depth, 73
– sharks, 73
– siphonophores, 73
– snails, 73
– squid, 73
– tuna, 73
burial, 184, 364, 365, 442
burial flux, 362
burrowing anemones, 164
burrows, 154, 155, 165, 337, 346
– hoarding, 352
– oxygen minimum zones, 228
Buru Basin (Indonesia), 272, 273
Bush Hill (Gulf of Mexico), 285
bythograeids, 100, 388, 391, 392, 416
13 C analyses, 320, 347, 353, 361
13 C/
12 C activity ratios, 100
13 C enrichment, 361
14 C labelling, 360
Cabo Pe˜ na Grande (Western Sahara), 139
cadmium, 51
caesium, 428, 439
calcareous oozes, 118, 270, 283
calcium carbonate, 42, 44
– compensation depth (CCCD), 112, 118, 224
– content in Atlantic vs. Pacific sediments, 118
calcium phosphate, 119
California Continental Borderland, 8
California slope (Pacific Ocean), 186–197
– biogenic features, 186
– bioturbation, 195, 196
– carbon sources, 189–194
– demersal fish, 191
– deposit feeders, 193
– microbial biomass, 189
– oxygen minimum layer, 7, 197
– particulate organic carbon (POC), 194
– phytodetritus, 189, 190
– predators, 194
– recolonization rates, 196, 197
– respiration rates, 194, 195
– scavengers, 191–193
– seasonality, 190
– sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC), 190
– sediment traps, 189, 190
– sediments, 186
– species distribution, 186–189
– vertical flux, 190
camera-sled, 329
cameras, 11, 12
camouflage, 56, 72
Canada Basin (Arctic Ocean)
– organic carbon, 244
– sediments, 243, 244
Canary Current (Atlantic Ocean), 116
Canary Islands (Atlantic Ocean)
– copepods, 63
– sampling, 64
canyons, 115, 197
– biomass, 197
– demersal fish, 197
– detritivores, 197
– diversity, 197
– food supply, 197
– infaunal assemblages, 197
– macrofaunal densities, 197
– nursery grounds, 197
– tidal currents, 330
– turbidity flows, 331
Cap Blanc (Atlantic Ocean), 139, 140, 156, 334
– densities, 140
– vertical flux, 157
Cape Basin (Atlantic Ocean), 141
– faunal densities, 153
– manganese nodules, 119
Cape Fear (Atlantic Ocean), 148
Cape Hatteras (Atlantic Ocean), 123, 129, 130
– biomass, 148
– bioturbation, 129
– canyons, 128
– carbon flux, 160
– diversity, 129
– faunal densities, 126, 129, 148
– food supply, 158
– organic matter input, 129
– phytodetritus, 298
– sampling, 129
– sedimentation rates, 129
– sediments, 129
– terrigenous inputs, 129
– vertical flux, 157
Cape Lookout (Atlantic Ocean), 129, 148
Cape Mazagan (Morocco), 139
Cape Verde Abyssal Plain (Atlantic Ocean)
– animal traces, 155
– biomass, 146
– bioturbation, 163
– densities, 146
– – foraminiferans, 151
– – macrofauna, 140, 150
– – megafauna, 141, 155
– – meiofauna, 150
– echiurans, 150
– location, 117
– necrophages, 152
– phytodetritus, 121
– sampling, 116
Cape Verde Basin (Atlantic Ocean), 146
Cape Verde Islands (Atlantic Ocean), 118
Capo Cavallo (Mediterranean Sea), 266
carbohydrates, 324, 361
carbon, 40, 111
– sinking particles, 320
– suspended particles, 320
carbon budget discrepancies, 364