Depth and water mass zonation and species associations of cold-water octocoral and stony coral communities in the southwestern Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 397, Issue , 2009, Pages 71-79

  Arantes, R C M ^a   Castro, C B ^a   Pires, D O ^a   Seoane, J C S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Depth; Octocorallia; Scleractinia; Water masses; Zonation

Indexed keywords

COLD WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; CORALLIUM NIOBE; ENALLOPSAMMIA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; PARAGORGIA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 74049099417     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08230     Document Type: Article

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