Patterns in abundance and size of two deep-water gorgonian octocorals, in relation to depth and substrate features off Nova Scotia

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2235-2248

  Watanabe, Shana ^a   Metaxas, Anna ^a   Sameoto, Jessica ^b   Lawton, Peter ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance; Deep water coral; Paragorgia; Primnoa; Size; Substrate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONY SIZE; DEEPWATER; NOVA SCOTIA;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

SUBSTRATES;

ABUNDANCE; CORAL; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; PERSISTENCE; RELIEF; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SIZE STRUCTURE; SUBSTRATE;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONIA; PARAGORGIA; PARAGORGIA ARBOREA; PRIMNOA RESEDAEFORMIS;

EID: 71849097666     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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