Diversity and community structure of harpacticoid copepods associated with cold-water coral substrates in the Porcupine Seabight (North-East Atlantic)

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-62

  Gheerardyn, Hendrik ^a   de Troch, Marleen ^a   Vincx, Magda ^a   Vanreusel, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cold water corals; Harpacticoid copepods; Microhabitats; North East Atlantic; Porcupine Seabight

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; CRUSTACEAN; FAUNA; MICROHABITAT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); PORCUPINE SEABIGHT;

AMEIRIDAE; ANTHOZOA; APHROCALLISTES; ARGESTIDAE; COPEPODA; ECTINOSOMATIDAE; HARPACTICOIDA; HEXACTINELLIDA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; MIRACIIDAE; PSEUDOTACHIDIIDAE;

EID: 76649098307     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-009-0166-7     Document Type: Article

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