Small-scale patterns of deep-sea fish distributions and assemblages of the Grand Banks, Newfoundland continental slope

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 65, Issue , 2012, Pages 171-188

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

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Associations; Community; Deep sea corals; Diversity; Fish assemblage patterns; ROV

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP-SEA CORALS; DEEP-SEA FISH; DEPTH RANGE; DIVERSITY; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FISH SPECIES; GRAND BANKS; HABITAT CLASSIFICATION; NEWFOUNDLANDS; RARE SPECIES; SEA FLOOR; SPATIAL SCALE; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; FISH; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; COMPLEXITY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORAL; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GADOID; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT SELECTION; OUTCROP; RARE SPECIES; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GRAND BANKS; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

ANTHOZOA; HOPLOSTETHUS ATLANTICUS; LEPIDION EQUES; NEOCYTTUS HELGAE; PISCES;

EID: 84861059919     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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