Cold-water Coral Distribution in an Erosional Environment: The Strait of Gibraltar Gateway

Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 635-643

  De Mol, Ben ^a   Amblas, David ^a   Alvarez, German ^a   Busquets, Pere ^a   Calafat, Antonio ^a   Canals, Miquel ^a   Duran, Ruth ^a   Lavoie, Caroline ^a   Acosta, Juan ^b   Muñoz, Araceli ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c TRAGSA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Cold water corals; Erosion; Mediterranean Sea; Sill; Strait of Gibraltar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884424796     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385140-6.00045-1     Document Type: Chapter

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