Squat lobster assemblages on seamounts differ from some, but not all, deep-sea habitats of comparable depth

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 63-83

  Rowden, Ashley A ^a   Schnabel, Kareen E ^a   Schlacher, Thomas A ^b   Macpherson, Enrique ^c   Ahyong, Shane T ^a   Richer De Forges, Bertrand ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Community composition; Deep sea; Seamounts; Squat lobsters

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP SEA; DOMINANCE; HABITAT USE; LOBSTER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEAMOUNT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

GALATHEIDAE;

EID: 78149374739     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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