Biodiversity and ecological composition of macrobenthos on cold-water coral mounds and adjacent off-mound habitat in the bathyal Porcupine Seabight, NE Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 654-672

  Henry, Lea Anne ^a   Roberts, J Murray ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belgica mound province; Biodiversity; Community composition; Coral mounds; Deep sea coral; Lophelia pertusa; Northeast Atlantic; Porcupine Seabight; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL MOUNDS; DEEP-SEA CORAL;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BATHYAL ZONE; BIODIVERSITY; COLD WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL; DEPOSIT FEEDER; DIVERSITY INDEX; HETEROGENEITY; MACROBENTHOS; SPECIES EVENNESS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); PORCUPINE SEABIGHT;

ANTHOZOA; APHROCALLISTES; BELGICA; CRISIA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; MADREPORA OCULATA; PLIOBOTHRUS SYMMETRICUS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 34047118175     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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