Biodiversity of Bear Seamount, New England Seamount chain: Results of exploratory trawling

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2003, Pages 363-372

  Moore, J A ^a   Vecchione, M ^b   Collette, B B ^b   Gibbons, R ^b   Hartel, K E ^c   Galbraith, J K ^d   Turnipseed, M ^e   Southworth, M ^e   Watkins, E ^e  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deep sea; Fauna; Fishes; Invertibrates; North Atlantic; Seamount

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FAUNA; SEAMOUNT;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACROMYCTER; ACROMYCTER PERTUBATOR; ALEPOCEPHALIDAE; ALEPOCEPHALUS; ALEPOCEPHALUS BAIRDII; BATHYGADIDAE; BATHYGADINAE; BATHYGADUS; BATHYGADUS FAVOSUS; CEPHALOPODA; CHIASMODONTIDAE; CONGRIDAE; CORYPHAENOIDES; CORYPHAENOIDES RUPESTRIS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DIASTOBRANCHUS CAPENSIS; DIBRANCHUS; DIBRANCHUS TREMENDUS; GAIDROPSARUS; GAIDROPSARUS ARGENTATUS; GORGONIA; INVERTEBRATA; KALI INDICA; MACROURIDAE; MACROURUS; MACROURUS BERGLAX; MIROGNATHUS NORMANI; NEZUMIA; NEZUMIA LONGEBARBATA; OGCOCEPHALIDAE; PHYCIDAE; PISCES; SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE;

EID: 1542318281     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/J.v31.a28     Document Type: Article

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