Correspondence of sea fan orientations with measured currents on hard bottom habitats of the Mississippi/Alabama continental shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 302-308

  Peccini, Michael B ^a   MacDonald, Ian R ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipatharian; Coral; Gorgonian; Orientation; Sea Fan; Water currents

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL; CURRENT VELOCITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HARD-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE;

ALABAMA; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA;

EID: 37849027571     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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