A picture on the wall: Innovative mapping reveals cold-water coral refuge in submarine canyon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Huvenne, Veerle A I ^a   Tyler, Paul A ^b   Masson, Doug G ^a   Fisher, Elizabeth H ^c   Hauton, Chris ^b   Hühnerbach, Veit ^a   Bas, Timothy P ^a   Wolff, George A ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; DEEP SEA SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES REFUGE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CHEMISTRY; COLD; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SHIP;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEAWATER; SHIPS; WATER;

EID: 83355172855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028755     Document Type: Article

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