Biological structures as a source of habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity on the deep ocean margins

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-50

  Buhl Mortensen, Lene ^a   Vanreusel, Ann ^b   Gooday, Andrew J ^c   Levin, Lisa A ^d   Priede, Imants G ^e   Buhl Mortensen, Pål ^a   Gheerardyn, Hendrik ^b   King, Nicola J ^e   Raes, Maarten ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biotic structures; Commensal; Continental slope; Deep sea; Deep water coral; Ecosystem engineering; Sponge reefs; Xenophyophores

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTIC FACTOR; COLONY; COMMENSAL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; HABITAT; HETEROGENEITY; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONACEA; PENNATULACEA; SCLERACTINIA; XENOPHYOPHORA;

EID: 77950976651     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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