- 북동 태평양 C-C 해역에 서식하는 중형저서동물 군집
- ㆍ 저자명
- 김동성,민원기,이경용,김기현,Kim. Dong-Sung,Min. Won-Gi,Lee. Kyoung-Yong,Kim. Ki-Hyune
- ㆍ 간행물명
- Ocean and polar research
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2004년|26권 2호|pp.265-272 (8 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국해양연구원
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
This study was conducted to investigate the community structure and distributional pattern of meiobenthos in the deep-sea bottom of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone of northeastern Pacific during July 2001. Examination of sediment samples collected on the eight survey station showed that there were 10 different types of meiobenthos. The most abundant meiobenthic animals were nematodes in all stations. Sarcomastigophorans, benthic harpacticoids were next abundant meiobenthos. Vertical distribution of meiobenthic animals showed the highest individual numbers in the surface sediment layers of 0-1 cm depth and showed more steep decreasing trend as sediment gets deeper on the stations of high latitude located in $16-17^{circ}N$. Horizontal distribution of meiobenthic animal in the study area within CCFZ showed high densities of meiobenthos at the stations had few manganese nodules on their sediment surface in the site of low latitude. For size distribution analyses showed that animals which fit into the sieve mesh size of 0.063 mm were abundant.