Effects of physical disturbance on the cold-water megafaunal communities of the Faroe-Shetland Channel

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 319, Issue , 2006, Pages 43-54

  Jones, Daniel O B ^a   Hudson, Ian R ^a   Bett, Brian J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Benthos; Disturbance; Diversity; Ecosystem function; Faroe Shetland Channel; Megafauna; ROV imaging

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; COLD WATER; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FAUNA; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL;

EID: 33748978188     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps319043     Document Type: Article

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