Distribution of nine cold-water coral species (Scleractinia and Gorgonacea) in the cold temperate North Atlantic: effects of bathymetry and hydrography

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 759, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-61

  Buhl Mortensen, Lene ^a   Olafsdottir, Steinunn Hilma ^b   Buhl Mortensen, Pål ^a   Burgos, Julian M ^b   Ragnarsson, Stefan Aki ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Biogeographic provinces; Cold water corals; Depth distribution; Gorgonian corals; Lophelia; N Atlantic distribution; Temperature requirement

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; COLD WATER; CORAL; DATABASE; HYDROGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND; NORWEGIAN MARGIN [NORWEGIAN SEA]; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ACANELLA ARBUSCULA; ACANTHOGORGIA ARMATA; ANTHOZOA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; ISIDELLA; LOPHELIA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; MADREPORA OCULATA; PARAGORGIA ARBOREA; PARAMURICEA PLACOMUS; PRIMNOA RESEDAEFORMIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84941023662     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-2116-x     Document Type: Article

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