Biogeography and Biodiversity of Seamounts

Seamounts: Ecology, Fisheries & Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 252-281

  Stocks, Karen I ^a   Hart, Paul J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Corals; Crinoids; Endemism; Seamount benthic environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948745148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470691953.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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