Benthic Assemblages of the Anton Dohrn Seamount (NE Atlantic): Defining Deep-Sea Biotopes to Support Habitat Mapping and Management Efforts with a Focus on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Jaime S Davies, Heather A Stewart, Bhavani E Narayanaswamy, Colin Jacobs, John Spicer, Neil Golding, Kerry L Howell
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Anton Dohrn Seamount; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124815; https://doaj.org/article/822800d2d3244c49873d16986780ee85

In 2009 the NW and SE flanks of Anton Dohrn Seamount were surveyed using multibeam echosounder and video ground-truthing to characterise megabenthic biological assemblages (biotopes) and assess those which clearly adhere to the definition of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems, for use in habitat mapping....