Habitat and fauna of deep-water Lophelia pertusa coral reefs off the southeastern U.S.: Blake Plateau, Straits of Florida, and Gulf of Mexico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 343-375

  Reed, John K ^a   Weaver, Doug C ^b   Pomponi, Shirley A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary NOS/NOAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FAUNA; HABITAT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOBENTHOS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; TRAWLING;

ATLANTA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLAKE PLATEAU; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GEORGIA; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; LOPHELIA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; OCULINA;

EID: 33645827146     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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