Occurrence and biogeography of hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from deep-water coral habitats off the southeastern United States

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 788-800

  Henry, Lea Anne ^a   Nizinski, Martha S ^b   Ross, Steve W ^c  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Caribbean; Deep water corals; Hydroids; Lophelia pertusa; North Carolina to Florida; Reproduction; Southeastern USA; Western North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FISH; RISK ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DEEP-WATER CORALS; HYDROIDS; LOPHELIA PERTUSA;

OCEAN HABITATS;

CORAL; DEEP WATER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; LATITUDE; NEW RECORD; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PLEISTOCENE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; CAROLINA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GREATER ANTILLES; GULF STREAM; NORTH AMERICA; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; INVERTEBRATA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA;

EID: 44649199854     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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