Macrofaunal biodiversity of bathyal habitats at the moroccan carbonate province (Gulf of Cadiz, NE atlantic)

• Main Author: Casais, Joana Filipa Monteiro
• Other Authors: Cunha, Marina, Rodrigues, Clara Lúcia Ferreira
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de Aveiro 2017
• Subjects: Biologia marinha; Ecossistemas marinhos - Águas profundas - Golfo de Cádis; Macrofauna bentónica - Golfo de Cádis; Biodiversidade; Corais - Golfo de Cádis; Biogeografia - Golfo de Cádis; Deep-sea; Cold-water corals; Carbonate mounds; Pen Duick Escarpment; Mud volcanoes; Macrofauna; Biodiversity; Community structure; Renard; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/15328

Mestrado em Biologia Marinha The Gulf of Cadiz is an extensive seepage area between the south Iberian and north Moroccan margins, west of the Strait of Gibraltar (NE Atlantic). It encompasses numerous carbonate mounds characterised by accumulations of mostly fossil deepwater corals, isolated coral p...