Sponge diversity and community composition in Irish bathyal coral reefs

• Main Authors: Soest, R.W.M van, Cleary, D.F.R., Kluijver, M.J. de, Lavaleye, M.S.S., Maier, C., Duy, F.C. van
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: coldwater; multivariate analysis; North Atlantic; ordination; PCA; Porifera; RDA; 42.72; Porcupine Bank; Rockall Bank
• Online Access: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/226534; http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/49657

Sponge diversity and community composition in bathyal cold water coral reefs (CWRs) were examined at 500-900 m depth on the southeastern slopes of Rockall Bank and the northwestern slope of Porcupine Bank, to the west of Ireland in 2004 and 2005 with boxcores. A total of 104 boxcore samples, supplem...