Association between the squat lobster Gastroptychus formosus and cold-water corals in the North Atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1363-1369

  Le Guilloux, E ^a   Hall Spencer, J M ^b   Soffker M K ^c   Olu, K ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cold water corals; deep sea; Gastroptychus; north eastern Atlantic; squat lobster

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; COLD WATER; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CORAL; DEEP SEA; DEMERSAL FISHERY; HABITAT LOSS; LOBSTER; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SAMPLING; SHALLOW WATER; TRAWLING; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANARY ISLANDS; SCOTLAND; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; CHIROSTYLIDAE; EUMUNIDA; GALATHEIDAE; GASTROPTYCHUS; GORGONIA; LEIOPATHES; UROPTYCHUS;

EID: 77958459034     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000524     Document Type: Article

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