Seamount physiography and biology in the north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3039-3054

  Morato, T ^a   Kvile, K O ^a   Taranto, G H ^a   Tempera, F ^a   Narayanaswamy, B E ^b   Hebbeln, D ^c   Menezes, G M ^a   Wienberg, C ^c   Santos, R S ^a   Pitcher, T J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SEAMOUNT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84877849221     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-3039-2013     Document Type: Article

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