Habitat Heterogeneity in the Nazaré Deep-Sea Canyon Offshore Portugal

Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 691-701

  Huvenne, Veerle A I ^a   Pattenden, Abigail D C ^a   Masson, Douglas G ^a   Tyler, Paul A ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Epibenthic megafauna; Habitat heterogeneity; NE Atlantic; Nested mapping; Portuguese Margin; ROV; Submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884449554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385140-6.00050-5     Document Type: Chapter

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