Dense beds of the ophiuroid Ophiacantha abyssicola on the continental slope off Nova Scotia, Canada

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1307-1317

  Metaxas, Anna ^a   Giffin, Bernita ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPHIUROIDS; TIDAL CURRENTS; VIDEO FRAMES;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTIMIZATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; ABYSSAL ZONE; BATHYAL ZONE; BIOMASS; ECHINODERM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

CAELORINCHUS; FRAXINUS; OPHIACANTHA; OPHIACANTHA ABYSSICOLA; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 4143140789     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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