Patterns in megabenthic assemblages on a seamount summit (Ormonde Peak, Gorringe Bank, Northeast Atlantic)

• Published in: Marine Ecology
• Main Authors: Ramos, Manuela, Bertocci, Iacopo, Tempera, Fernando, Calado, Gonçalo, Albuquerque, Mónica, Duarte, Pedro
• Other Authors: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Oceana; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12353; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fmaec.12353; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/maec.12353

Abstract Gettysburg and Ormonde are two shallow peaks located on the Gorringe seamount about 200 and 240 km WSW off Cape St. Vincent (Portugal, NE Atlantic), within the Portuguese Economic Exclusive Zone. Despite the ecological importance of the biological assemblages on these peaks and the need to...