Submarine Canyons as Coral and Sponge Habitat on the Eastern Bering Sea Slope

• Main Authors: Claudette Juskab, John Hocevarb, Robert J. Millera
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2015
• Subjects: Energy and Environment; Bering Sea; Pribilof Canyon
• Online Access: https://issuelab.org/permalink/resource/26494

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 t...