Complex deep shelf habitat: Sponge reefs in the Pacific Northwest

Special Paper - Geological Association of Canada

Volumn , Issue 47, 2007, Pages 265-275

  Conway, Kim W ^a   Barrie, J Vaughn ^a   Krautter, Manfred ^b,c  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; HABITAT TYPE; MAPPING METHOD; REEF FORMATION; SEAFLOOR; SIDESCAN SONAR; SPONGE; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GEORGIA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND;

HEXACTINELLIDA;

EID: 48049103242     PISSN: 00721042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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