How Many Seamounts are There and Where are They Located?

Seamounts: Ecology, Fisheries & Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 26-40

  Kitchingman, Adrian ^a   Lai, Sherman ^b   Morato, Telmo ^c   Pauly, Daniel ^b  

^a The University of British Columbia ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bathymetry acquisition; European space agency; Geophysical research; Pacific seamounts; Seafioor topography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948756108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470691953.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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