A global assessment of seamount ecosystems knowledge using an ecosystem evaluation framework

Biological Conservation

Volumn 173, Issue , 2014, Pages 108-120

  Kvile, Kristina O ^a,c   Taranto, Gerald H ^a   Pitcher, Tony J ^b   Morato, Telmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bentho pelagic coupling; Ecosystem functioning; Seamount database; Seamount ecosystem evaluation framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899822804     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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