Recent benthic foraminiferal assemblages from cold-water coral mounds in the porcupine seabight

Cold-water coral ecosystems are characterised by a high diversity and population density. Living and dead foraminiferal assemblages from 20 surface sediment samples from Galway and Propeller Mounds were analysed to describe the distribution patterns of benthic foraminifera on coral mounds in relatio...

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Published in:Facies
Main Authors: Schönfeld, Joachim, Dullo, Wolf-Christian, Pfannkuche, Olaf, Freiwald, André, Rüggeberg, Andres, Schmidt, Steffi, Weston, Janice
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Sciences
OXYGEN-MINIMUM ZONE
DEEP-SEA
LOPHELIA-PERTUSA L
NE ATLANTIC
CONTINENTAL-MARGIN
CARBONATE MOUND
NORTHEAST ATLANTIC
DISTRIBUTIONAL PATTERNS
COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
SPECIES-DIVERSITY
Benthic foraminifera
Epizoans
Cold-water coral ecosystems
Porcupine Seabight
Lophelia pertusa
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/1244641
http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-1244641
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-010-0234-0
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/1244641/file/1258448

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