Bathymetrical distribution and size structure of cold-water coral populations in the Cap de Creus and Lacaze-Duthiers canyons (northwestern Mediterranean)

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2049-2060

  Gori, A ^a   Orejas, C ^b   Madurell, T ^a   Bramanti, L ^c   Martins, M ^a   Quintanilla, E ^a   Marti Puig, P ^a   Lo Iacono, C ^a,d   Puig, P ^a   Requena, S ^a   Greenacre, M ^e   Gili, J M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COLONY; CORAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE STRUCTURE; SUBMARINE CANYON; VIDEOGRAPHY;

CAP DE CREUS; CATALONIA; GERONA [CATALONIA]; GULF OF LION; LACAZE-DUTHIERS CANYON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84880722043     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2049-2013     Document Type: Article

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