Cold-water coral growth in relation to the hydrography of the Celtic and Nordic European continental margin

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 371, Issue , 2008, Pages 165-176

  Dullo, Wolf Christian ^a   Flögel, Sascha ^a   Rüggeberg, Andres ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold water corals; Density dependence; Environmental parameters; Habitat; NE Atlantic; Oceanography

Indexed keywords

COLD WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL REEF; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDROGRAPHY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 57849089152     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07623     Document Type: Article

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