Strong depth-related zonation of megabenthos on a rocky continental margin (∼700-4000 m) off Southern Tasmania, Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Thresher, Ronald ^a   Althaus, Franziska ^a   Adkins, Jess ^b   Gowlett Holmes, Karen ^a   Alderslade, Phil ^a   Dowdney, Jo ^a   Cho, Walter ^c   Gagnon, Alex ^b,e   Staples, David ^d   McEnnulty, Felicity ^a,f   Williams, Alan ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BENTHOS; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CORAL REEF; MEGABENTHOS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZONATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIOMASS; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; SALINITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOMASS; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TASMANIA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84899790014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085872     Document Type: Article

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