Trait-based approach on deep-sea corals in the high-seas of the Flemish Cap and Flemish Pass (northwest Atlantic)
Deep-sea coral aggregations represent important ecosystems in the Flemish Cap, where some areas have been closed to bottom fisheries by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization in order to implement conservation and management measures and prevent significant adverse impacts on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs). Flemish Cap is an offshore Bank located about 600 km to the east of Newfoundland, separated from the Grand Banks by the Flemish Pass, a channel approximately 1200 m deep. 40 taxa of corals were identified in the area from bottom trawl research vessel surveys (2006-2015) and rock... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | posted-content |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
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PeerJ
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Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26701386 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26698 |