The Depths of Ignorance: An Ecosystem Evaluation Framework for Seamount Ecology, Fisheries and Conservation

Seamounts: Ecology, Fisheries & Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 476-488

  Pitcher, Tony J ^a   Morato, Telmo ^b   Hart, Paul J B ^c   Clark, Malcolm R ^d   Haggan, Nigel ^e   Santos, Ricardo S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Marine mammals; Mesopelagic organisms; Nutrients; Underwater volcanoes; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948778706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470691953.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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