GENERAL INDEX
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deposit feeders, 18, 22, 281, 282, 339, 340
– alimentary adaptations, 18, 343–345
– – bacterial profiles in the gut, 345
– – barophilic microbial activity in the gut, 344
– – bulk processing of sediment, 343
– – extracellular enzymes in the gut, 344
– – microbial environment in the gut, 345
– – microbiota as food resources, 344
– – plug-flow reactors, 343
– – reliance on bacteria, 343
– – surfactant properties of the gut, 344
– – the gut as anaerobic reactor, 344
– as carnivores, 356
– Atlantic Ocean, 125, 127, 164
– – Bay of Biscay, 139
– – Goban Spur, 137
– changes in size with depth, 18, 23
– croppers, 22
– deep ocean trenches, 212
– dominant feeding mode, 18
– effects of flow, 18
– feeding rates, 339
– feeding traces, 343, 345
– food supply, 350
– foraging strategies, 343, 345
– functional groups, 18
– gut residence times, 339
– gut volume, 339
– holothurians, 345–347
– ingestion rate, 348
– larger size classes, 343–348
– Mediterranean Sea, 280
– megafauna, 349
– – anabolic metabolism, 350
– motile, 345, 347
– nematodes, 204
– obligate, 347
– opportunists, 338
– organic carbon, 327
– oxygen minimum zones, 232
– Pacific Ocean
– – abyssal equatorial Pacific, 204
– – California slope, 193
– – Pacific oligotrophic abyss, 209
– particle selection, 345–348
– – bivalves, 345
– – effects of body size, 345
– – food-gathering mechanisms, 345
– – stable isotope analysis, 346
– – tentacle morphology, 346
– particle turnover, 347, 348
– plant remains, 353
– polychaetes, 204
– size variation, 22
– Venezuela Basin (Caribbean Sea), 284
– vertical transport into the sediment, 336, 346
deposition, 125
depth
– effects on
– – bacterial densities and production, 154
– – biomass, 157, 159, 254, 343
– – body size, 137
– – development of gastropods, 396
– – egg size, 412, 413
– – faunal densities, 124, 138–141, 157–159, 226
– – fecundity, 398
– – oxygen, 228
– – physiology, 74
– – planktotrophy, 396
– – r/K-selection, 406
– – species distribution, 254
– – species diversity, 296–300
– – – potential causes, 298–300
– – species numbers, 62
– – suspension feeders, 340, 341
– importance of bacteria, 157
depth gradients of species diversity, 296–300
Deryugin Basin (Sea of Okhotsk), 276
detrital accumulations, 329
detrital aggregates, 331, 346, 352
– composition, 323–325
– gelatinous, 323
detrital floc, 351
detrital flux, 336
– episodic, 314, 321
detrital particles, 341
detrital rain, 314, 316, 317
detritivory, 69, 70, 193, 345, 357
– obligate, 342
detritus, 197, 329
– fine organic, 320
– lateral transport, 328
developmental mode, 413, 414
diagenesis, 350, 361
diapause, 54, 60
diatomaceous oozes, 276, 277
diatoms (see also Bacillariophyceae in Systematic Index), 121,
129, 164, 165, 183, 225, 324, 325, 351
– as food source, 344
– diatom mats, 323
– particle production, 9
– spring bloom, 51
dichlorodiphenyltrichlorethane (DDT), 429
dichlorofluoromethane (F-12), 429
diel vertical migration, 55, 56, 59, 60, 67, 68, 316–318
– lower limits, 57
diffusion, 363
diffusive flux, 335
digestive strategy, 344
dinoflagellates, 121, 122, 324
direct development, 402, 413, 415
disaggregation, 331
discharge test, 452
DISCOL (Disturbance/Colonization experiment), 200, 204, 205,
452, 454, 474
Discovery Deep (Red Sea), 267
dispersal, 398, 408
– advantages, 413
531
deposit feeders, 18, 22, 281, 282, 339, 340
– alimentary adaptations, 18, 343–345
– – bacterial profiles in the gut, 345
– – barophilic microbial activity in the gut, 344
– – bulk processing of sediment, 343
– – extracellular enzymes in the gut, 344
– – microbial environment in the gut, 345
– – microbiota as food resources, 344
– – plug-flow reactors, 343
– – reliance on bacteria, 343
– – surfactant properties of the gut, 344
– – the gut as anaerobic reactor, 344
– as carnivores, 356
– Atlantic Ocean, 125, 127, 164
– – Bay of Biscay, 139
– – Goban Spur, 137
– changes in size with depth, 18, 23
– croppers, 22
– deep ocean trenches, 212
– dominant feeding mode, 18
– effects of flow, 18
– feeding rates, 339
– feeding traces, 343, 345
– food supply, 350
– foraging strategies, 343, 345
– functional groups, 18
– gut residence times, 339
– gut volume, 339
– holothurians, 345–347
– ingestion rate, 348
– larger size classes, 343–348
– Mediterranean Sea, 280
– megafauna, 349
– – anabolic metabolism, 350
– motile, 345, 347
– nematodes, 204
– obligate, 347
– opportunists, 338
– organic carbon, 327
– oxygen minimum zones, 232
– Pacific Ocean
– – abyssal equatorial Pacific, 204
– – California slope, 193
– – Pacific oligotrophic abyss, 209
– particle selection, 345–348
– – bivalves, 345
– – effects of body size, 345
– – food-gathering mechanisms, 345
– – stable isotope analysis, 346
– – tentacle morphology, 346
– particle turnover, 347, 348
– plant remains, 353
– polychaetes, 204
– size variation, 22
– Venezuela Basin (Caribbean Sea), 284
– vertical transport into the sediment, 336, 346
deposition, 125
depth
– effects on
– – bacterial densities and production, 154
– – biomass, 157, 159, 254, 343
– – body size, 137
– – development of gastropods, 396
– – egg size, 412, 413
– – faunal densities, 124, 138–141, 157–159, 226
– – fecundity, 398
– – oxygen, 228
– – physiology, 74
– – planktotrophy, 396
– – r/K-selection, 406
– – species distribution, 254
– – species diversity, 296–300
– – – potential causes, 298–300
– – species numbers, 62
– – suspension feeders, 340, 341
– importance of bacteria, 157
depth gradients of species diversity, 296–300
Deryugin Basin (Sea of Okhotsk), 276
detrital accumulations, 329
detrital aggregates, 331, 346, 352
– composition, 323–325
– gelatinous, 323
detrital floc, 351
detrital flux, 336
– episodic, 314, 321
detrital particles, 341
detrital rain, 314, 316, 317
detritivory, 69, 70, 193, 345, 357
– obligate, 342
detritus, 197, 329
– fine organic, 320
– lateral transport, 328
developmental mode, 413, 414
diagenesis, 350, 361
diapause, 54, 60
diatomaceous oozes, 276, 277
diatoms (see also Bacillariophyceae in Systematic Index), 121,
129, 164, 165, 183, 225, 324, 325, 351
– as food source, 344
– diatom mats, 323
– particle production, 9
– spring bloom, 51
dichlorodiphenyltrichlorethane (DDT), 429
dichlorofluoromethane (F-12), 429
diel vertical migration, 55, 56, 59, 60, 67, 68, 316–318
– lower limits, 57
diffusion, 363
diffusive flux, 335
digestive strategy, 344
dinoflagellates, 121, 122, 324
direct development, 402, 413, 415
disaggregation, 331
discharge test, 452
DISCOL (Disturbance/Colonization experiment), 200, 204, 205,
452, 454, 474
Discovery Deep (Red Sea), 267
dispersal, 398, 408
– advantages, 413