Deep-sea sponge grounds enhance diversity and abundance of epibenthic megafauna in the Northwest Atlantic

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1471-1490

  Beazley, Lindsay I ^a   Kenchington, Ellen L ^a   Murillo, Francisco Javier ^b   Sacau, María Del Mar ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía Subida a Radio Faro   (Spain)

Author keywords

deep water sponge grounds; Flemish Pass; megafauna; Northwest Atlantic; vulnerable marine ecosystem (VME)

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP SEA; DEEP WATER; HABITAT TYPE; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); FLEMISH CAP;

EID: 84886439161     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst124     Document Type: Article

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