548
GENERAL INDEX
necrophages (cont’d)
– definition, 18
– feeding behavior, 152
– fish, 151, 152
– giant amphipods, 356, 357
– hagfish, 151, 192, 357
– lysianassids, 151, 192, 356, 357
– macrourid eels, 151
– megafaunal, 151
– natantian decapods, 151
– obligate scavengers, 356
– odour plume, 356, 357
– ontogenetic migration, 151
– ophidioid eels, 151
– ophiuroids, 151, 192
– Pacific Ocean, 191, 207–209
– photographic records, 152
– sablefish, 151
– shrimps, 152
– strategies, 19
– synaphobranchiid eels, 151, 357
– time-lapse photography, 152
nekton, 316, 318, 366
nekton falls, 363
nematocysts, 341
nematodes (see also Nematoda in Systematic Index)
– as colonizers, 338
– Atlantic Ocean, 125
– – Bay of Biscay, 139
– – densities, 150
– – Goban Spur, 137
– – Hatteras Abyssal Plain, 131, 139
– – HEBBLE site, 139
– – Iberian margin, 139
– – Puerto Rico Trench, 131, 139
– – Vøring Plateau, 133
– body size, 157
– carnivory, 21
– changes in size with depth, 23, 24
– changes with sediment type, 26
– deep-sea soft-bottom taxa, 27
– density and biomass, 157
– diversity trend as sampling artifact, 301
– effects of mining, 453
– effects of phytodetritus, 338
– importance as grazers, 333
– Kenya margin (Indian Ocean), 227
– Mediterranean Sea, 280
– mouthless, 359
– Pacific Ocean
– – abyssal equatorial Pacific, 202, 204
– predators, 204
– prey, 21
– Red Sea, 283
– reduced-oxygen tolerance, 8
– size class, 11
– soft-bottom habitats, 27
– using xenophyophore tests as habitat, 210
– Venezuela Basin (Caribbean Sea), 284
nemertean worms
– reproduction, 403
– Rockall Trough (Atlantic Ocean), 134
neon, 429
nepheloid layers, 326
– Atlantic Ocean, 117
– benthic storms, 326
– intermediate, 326
– radionuclides, 428
– vertical flux, 319, 328
nephelometer, 326, 328
NERC (Natural Environment Research Council), 435
nereids, 164
New Guinea Coastal Current, 181
New Jersey slope (Atlantic Ocean)
– biomass, 149
– densities, 127, 149
– species distribution, 126
– zonation, 125
new production as input to deep oceans, 318, 335
New Zealand, 399
Nile River, 263, 265
Ninety-East Ridge (Indian Ocean), 220
nitrate, 52
nitrogen, 360
nitrogen content of sediment and animals, 124
NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration, USA), 454
nodules
– collection, 449
– ferromanaganese, 446
– manganese, 446
– polymetallic, 446
non-living resources, 446
non-local transport, 164
North American Basin (Atlantic Ocean), 299
North-Atlantic Bight, 125–128
North Atlantic Bottom Water, 428
North Atlantic Central Water, 68
North Atlantic Deep Water, 43, 47, 115, 123, 182, 223, 269
North Atlantic Drift, 119–121
North Atlantic heat piracy, 115
North Atlantic Tropical Gyre, 119, 120
North Carolina slope (Atlantic Ocean), 390
– bioturbation, 162
– densities, 128, 157
– fauna, 130
– food supply, 26
– mining, 128
– organic-carbon content of sediments, 128
– particle mixing, 163
– phosphatic deposits, 119
– polychaetes, reproduction, 383, 386
– sediment types, 26
– sedimentary characteristics, 128
North Equatorial Current (Indian Ocean), 220
North Pacific Current, 181
North Pacific Intermediate Water, 273
North Sea
GENERAL INDEX
necrophages (cont’d)
– definition, 18
– feeding behavior, 152
– fish, 151, 152
– giant amphipods, 356, 357
– hagfish, 151, 192, 357
– lysianassids, 151, 192, 356, 357
– macrourid eels, 151
– megafaunal, 151
– natantian decapods, 151
– obligate scavengers, 356
– odour plume, 356, 357
– ontogenetic migration, 151
– ophidioid eels, 151
– ophiuroids, 151, 192
– Pacific Ocean, 191, 207–209
– photographic records, 152
– sablefish, 151
– shrimps, 152
– strategies, 19
– synaphobranchiid eels, 151, 357
– time-lapse photography, 152
nekton, 316, 318, 366
nekton falls, 363
nematocysts, 341
nematodes (see also Nematoda in Systematic Index)
– as colonizers, 338
– Atlantic Ocean, 125
– – Bay of Biscay, 139
– – densities, 150
– – Goban Spur, 137
– – Hatteras Abyssal Plain, 131, 139
– – HEBBLE site, 139
– – Iberian margin, 139
– – Puerto Rico Trench, 131, 139
– – Vøring Plateau, 133
– body size, 157
– carnivory, 21
– changes in size with depth, 23, 24
– changes with sediment type, 26
– deep-sea soft-bottom taxa, 27
– density and biomass, 157
– diversity trend as sampling artifact, 301
– effects of mining, 453
– effects of phytodetritus, 338
– importance as grazers, 333
– Kenya margin (Indian Ocean), 227
– Mediterranean Sea, 280
– mouthless, 359
– Pacific Ocean
– – abyssal equatorial Pacific, 202, 204
– predators, 204
– prey, 21
– Red Sea, 283
– reduced-oxygen tolerance, 8
– size class, 11
– soft-bottom habitats, 27
– using xenophyophore tests as habitat, 210
– Venezuela Basin (Caribbean Sea), 284
nemertean worms
– reproduction, 403
– Rockall Trough (Atlantic Ocean), 134
neon, 429
nepheloid layers, 326
– Atlantic Ocean, 117
– benthic storms, 326
– intermediate, 326
– radionuclides, 428
– vertical flux, 319, 328
nephelometer, 326, 328
NERC (Natural Environment Research Council), 435
nereids, 164
New Guinea Coastal Current, 181
New Jersey slope (Atlantic Ocean)
– biomass, 149
– densities, 127, 149
– species distribution, 126
– zonation, 125
new production as input to deep oceans, 318, 335
New Zealand, 399
Nile River, 263, 265
Ninety-East Ridge (Indian Ocean), 220
nitrate, 52
nitrogen, 360
nitrogen content of sediment and animals, 124
NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration, USA), 454
nodules
– collection, 449
– ferromanaganese, 446
– manganese, 446
– polymetallic, 446
non-living resources, 446
non-local transport, 164
North American Basin (Atlantic Ocean), 299
North-Atlantic Bight, 125–128
North Atlantic Bottom Water, 428
North Atlantic Central Water, 68
North Atlantic Deep Water, 43, 47, 115, 123, 182, 223, 269
North Atlantic Drift, 119–121
North Atlantic heat piracy, 115
North Atlantic Tropical Gyre, 119, 120
North Carolina slope (Atlantic Ocean), 390
– bioturbation, 162
– densities, 128, 157
– fauna, 130
– food supply, 26
– mining, 128
– organic-carbon content of sediments, 128
– particle mixing, 163
– phosphatic deposits, 119
– polychaetes, reproduction, 383, 386
– sediment types, 26
– sedimentary characteristics, 128
North Equatorial Current (Indian Ocean), 220
North Pacific Current, 181
North Pacific Intermediate Water, 273
North Sea