Deep‐sea reef fish assemblage patterns on the Blake Plateau(Western North Atlantic Ocean)

• Published in: Marine Ecology
• Main Authors: Ross, Steve W., Quattrini, Andrea M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Cape Lookout; Lookout; Lophelia pertusa; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00260.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1439-0485.2008.00260.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00260.x

Abstract Deep‐water coral habitats are scattered throughout slope depths (360–800 m) off the Southeastern United States (SEUS, Cape Lookout, North Carolina, to Cape Canaveral, Florida), contributing substantial structure and diversity to bottom habitats. In some areas ( e.g . off North Carolina) dee...