Changes in benthic communities along a 0-60 m depth gradient in the remote St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Brazil)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 377-396

  Magalhães, Gabriela Machado ^a   Amado Filho, Gilberto Menezes ^a   Rosa, Marcos Rogerio ^b   De Moura, Rodrigo Leão ^c   Brasileiro, Poliana Silva ^a   De Moraes, Fernando Coreixas ^a   Francini Filho, Ronaldo Bastos ^d   Pereira Filho, Guilherme Henrique ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; BASELINE SURVEY; BENTHOS; BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; INVERTEBRATE; MACROALGA; PHOTIC ZONE; REEF; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; PERNAMBUCO; SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL ROCKS;

ALGAE; ANNELIDA; ANTHOZOA; BRYOPSIS; BRYOZOA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CNIDARIA; PALYTHOA CARIBAEORUM; PORIFERA; SCLERACTINIA; UROCHORDATA; ZOANTHIDAE;

EID: 84944054777     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2014.1044     Document Type: Article

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