Distributional patterns of deep-sea coral assemblages in three submarine canyons off Newfoundland, Canada

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 445, Issue , 2012, Pages 235-249

  Baker, Krista D ^a   Wareham, Vonda E ^b   Snelgrove, Paul V R ^a   Haedrich, Richard L ^a   Fifield, David A ^a   Edinger, Evan N ^a   Gilkinson, Kent D ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance; Assemblage patterns; Conservation; Deep sea corals

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL RECORD; CRUISE REPORT; DEEP SEA; HABITAT CONSERVATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MEADOW; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

ACANELLA ARBUSCULA; ANTHOMASTUS; ANTHOZOA; DESMOPHYLLUM DIANTHUS; DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; FLABELLUM; KERATOISIS; MELANOGRAMMUS; PENNATULA;

EID: 84856196779     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09448     Document Type: Article

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