Community composition and temporal change at deep Gulf of Mexico cold seeps

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 21-23, 2010, Pages 1891-1903

  Lessard Pilon, Stephanie ^a   Porter, Matthew D ^a   Cordes, Erik E ^b   MacDonald, Ian ^c   Fisher, Charles R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymodioline mussels; Community composition; Foundation species; Gulf of Mexico; Temporal change; Underwater photography; Vestimentiferan tubeworms

Indexed keywords

BATHYMODIOLINE MUSSELS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GULF OF MEXICO; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TUBEWORMS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS;

BIOMASS; COLD SEEP; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVERTEBRATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HOLOTHUROIDEA; MUNIDOPSIS; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 78349239388     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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