The distribution of scleractinian corals in the Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic

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Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-331

  Reveillaud, Julie ^a   Freiwald, Andre ^b   Van Rooij, David ^a   Le Guilloux, Erwan ^c   Altuna, Alvaro ^d   Foubert, Anneleen ^a   Vanreusel, Ann ^a   Olu Le Roy, Karine ^c   Henriet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d SC INSUB   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayof Biscay; Biodiversity; Cold water corals; Scleractinia; Slope

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 48949116738     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-008-0138-4     Document Type: Article

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