Water mass characteristics and associated fauna of a recently discovered Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) reef in Greenlandic waters

Polar Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 321-337

  Kenchington, Ellen ^a   Yashayaev, Igor ^a   Tendal, Ole Secher ^b   Jørgensbye, Helle ^c  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Associated fauna; Atlantic Water; Cold water coral; Deep water seasonality; Greenland; Irminger Current; Lophelia pertusa

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD WATER; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DEEP WATER; FAUNA; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER DEPTH; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); GREENLAND SEA; IRMINGER CURRENT; IRMINGER SEA; LABRADOR SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84966709027     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-016-1957-3     Document Type: Article

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