Submarine canyons as coral and sponge habitat on the eastern Bering Sea slope

• Published in: Global Ecology and Conservation
• Main Authors: Robert J. Miller, Claudette Juska, John Hocevar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Marine benthos; Foundation species; Sessile invertebrates; Bottom trawling; Maxent; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Bering Sea; Pribilof Canyon
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2015.05.009; https://doaj.org/article/1d4188196fac4455844bd8bfb903a0a7

Submarine canyons have been shown to positively influence pelagic and benthic biodiversity and ecosystem function. In the eastern Bering Sea, several immense canyons lie under the highly productive “green belt” along the continental slope. Two of these, Pribilof and Zhemchug canyons, are the focus o...