Litter in submarine canyons off the west coast of Portugal

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 2489-2496

  Mordecai, Gideon ^a   Tyler, Paul A ^a   Masson, Douglas G ^b   Huvenne, Veerle A I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canyons; Cascais; Deep Sea; Lisbon; Litter; Nazar ; Set bal

Indexed keywords

CANYONS; CASCAIS; DEEP SEA; LISBON; LITTER;

DEBRIS; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE POLLUTION;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; FISHING GEAR; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LITTERFALL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SUBMARINE CANYON;

PORTUGAL;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80054016176     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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