The fish fauna associated with deep coral banks off the southeastern United States

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 975-1007

  Ross, Steve W ^a   Quattrini, Andrea M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blake Plateau; Deep reef fishes; Deep sea corals; Lophelia; Southeastern USA

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS; REEFS; SURVEYING; UNITED STATES;

BLAKE PLATEAU; DEEP REEF FISHES; DEEP SEA CORALS; LOPHELIA; QUANTITATIVE DATA;

FISH;

COLD WATER; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORAL REEF; FAUNA; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLAKE PLATEAU; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHIAS WOODSI; ANTHOZOA; BENTHOBATIS MARCIDA; BERYX DECADACTYLUS; CARNIVORA; CHLOROPHTHALMUS AGASSIZI; CONGER OCEANICUS; DYSOMMINA RUGOSA; FENESTRAJA PLUTONIA; HELICOLENUS DACTYLOPTERUS; LAEMONEMA BARBATULUM; LAEMONEMA MELANURUM; LOPHELIA; MYXINE GLUTINOSA; NEZUMIA SCLERORHYNCHUS; PHYCIS CHESTERI; PISCES;

EID: 34249045354     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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