Structure-forming corals and sponges and their use as fish habitat in bering sea submarine canyons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Miller, Robert J ^a   Hocevar, John ^b   Stone, Robert P ^c   Fedorov, Dmitry V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Greenpeace USA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; FISH; FISHING; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PREDATOR; PREY; SEA; SPONGE (PORIFERA); UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

AGONIDAE; ANTHOZOA; AVES; CEPHALOPODA; COTTIDAE; GORGONIA; MAMMALIA; PENNATULACEA; PISCES; PLEURONECTIDAE; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SCORPAENIDAE; SEBASTES ALUTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PORIFERA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84863351095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033885     Document Type: Article

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