Recovery of deep-water megafaunal assemblages from hydrocarbon drilling disturbance in the Faroe-Shetland Channel

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 461, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-82

  Jones, Daniel O B ^a   Gates, Andrew R ^a   Lausen, Berthold ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic; Deep sea; Disturbance; Hydrocarbon drilling; Megafauna; Recovery; Remotely operated vehicle video; ROV video

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DRILLING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SESSILE SPECIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL;

EID: 84864878661     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09827     Document Type: Article

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