Ichthyofauna assemblages from two unexplored Atlantic seamounts: Northwest Bank and João Valente Bank (Cape Verde Archipelago)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-143

  Monteiro, Pedro ^a   Ribeiro, Daniel ^a   Silva, José A ^b   Bispo, João ^b   Gonçalves, Jorge M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b Atlantic Wildlife Association   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cape Verde; Jo o Valente Bank; Macaronesia; Northwest Bank; Seamounts; Underwater surveys

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SEAFLOOR; SEAMOUNT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; JOAO VALENTE BANK; MACARONESIA; NORTHWEST BANK;

ALGAE;

EID: 42249105576     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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