Local variation in the distribution of benthic megafauna species associated with cold-water coral reefs on the Norwegian margin

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-51

  Purser, Autun ^a   Orejas, Covadonga ^b,c   Gori, Andrea ^c   Tong, Ruiju ^a   Unnithan, Vikram ^a   Thomsen, Laurenz ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares ^*  (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cold water corals; Lophelia pertusa; Norway; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; COLD WATER; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HOMOGENEITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NICHE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSTRATE;

NORWAY;

ANTHOZOA; EXCAVATA; GEODIA; GEODIA BARETTI; LIMA EXCAVATA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; MADREPORA OCULATA; MYCALE LINGUA; PARAGORGIA ARBOREA; PRIMNOA RESEDAEFORMIS;

EID: 84873270732     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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