Pockmarks: Refuges for marine benthic biodiversity

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1776-1788

  Webb, Karen E ^a   Barnes, David K A ^b   Planke, Sverre ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Forskningsparken   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CARBONATE ROCK; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POCKMARK; REFUGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAWLING; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONIA;

EID: 67949089516     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.5.1776     Document Type: Article

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