Extraordinarily high biomass benthic community on Southern Ocean seamounts

Scientific Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Thresher, R E ^a   Adkins, J ^b   Fallon, S J ^c   Gowlett Holmes, K ^a   Althaus, F ^a   Williams, A ^a  

^a CSIROWealth from Oceans Flagship Program   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BARNACLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; SEA; SEA ANEMONE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEA ANEMONES; TASMANIA; THORACICA;

EID: 82955197052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00119     Document Type: Article

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