Understanding continental margin biodiversity: A new imperative

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-112

  Levin, Lisa A ^a   Sibuet, Myriam ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b Institut Oceanographique de Paris   (France)

Author keywords

climate change; conservation; deep sea; diversity; habitat heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP SEA; DIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL SERVICES; ECOLOGICAL SETTINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; HABITAT HETEROGENEITY; METHANE SEEP; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; WATER MASS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; METHANE; MINERAL RESOURCES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIODIVERSITY; CANYON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP SEA; DIAGENESIS; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGRAPHY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; METHANE; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEAMOUNT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE; TECTONICS; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT; WATER MASS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SEA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 83655192954     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-120709-142714     Document Type: Article

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