Anthropogenic disturbance of deep-sea megabenthic assemblages: A study with remotely operated vehicles in the Faroe-Shetland Channel, NE Atlantic

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1731-1741

  Jones, D O B ^a   Wigham, B D ^b   Hudson, I R ^a   Bett, B J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; DEEP SEA; DRILLING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL;

EID: 34249024599     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0606-3     Document Type: Article

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