Megafauna of vulnerable marine ecosystems in French mediterranean submarine canyons: Spatial distribution and anthropogenic impacts

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 184-207

  Fabri, M C ^a   Pedel, L ^a   Beuck, L ^b   Galgani, F ^a   Hebbeln, D ^c   Freiwald, A ^b,c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathyal benthic zone; Bauxite red mud waste; Biodiversity; Cold water coral; Fishing impact; French submarine canyons (43 N, 5 E); Litter; Mediterranean Sea; Seafloor mapping

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FISHERIES; SUBMARINES;

COLD-WATER CORALS; FISHING IMPACT; LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RED MUD; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SUBMARINE CANYON;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHING; GIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBMARINE CANYON; VULNERABILITY;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; ARISTEIDAE; CALLOGORGIA VERTICILLATA; CNIDARIA; FUNICULINA QUADRANGULARIS; ISIDELLA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; MADREPORA OCULATA; OCTOPODIDAE; PENNATULACEA; PISCES; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84901657553     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.06.016     Document Type: Article

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