Mauritanian deep-water Plumularioidea (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)

• Main Authors: Gil, M. (Marta), Ramil, F. (Francisco), Ramos, A. (Ana)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo
• Subjects: Biodiversity; biogeography; Plumularioidea; Hydrozoa; Cnidaria; deep-waters; Mauritania; Northwest Africa; Levin; Lofoten
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/2683

Deep-waters are one of the most unknown habitats on Earth, but the displacement of fishing fleets into ever deeper waters, the emerging exploitation of mineral resources and climate change threaten to destroy these ecosystems whose functioning we just begin to understand (Levin & Sibuet, 2012)....