Photogrammetric quantitative study of habitat and benthic communities of deep Cantabrian Sea hard grounds

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1174-1188

  Sanchez F ^a   Serrano, A ^a   Ballesteros, M Gómez ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cantabrian Sea; Deep sea benthic habitat; El Cachucho; Epibenthic communities; Le Danois Bank; Underwater photogrammetry

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; MARINE PARK; MICROHABITAT; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPONGE; SUBSTRATE; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; LE DANOIS BANK;

ANTHOZOA; APLYSILLA; CALLOGORGIA VERTICILLATA; CARYOPHYLLIA SMITHII; CLADOCROCE VENTILABRUM; CNIDARIA; DENDROPHYLLIA CORNIGERA; HEXACTINELLIDA;

EID: 64049116044     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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