Diversity and community structure of harpacticoid copepods associated with cold-water coral substrates in the Porcupine Seabight (North-East Atlantic).

• Published in: Helgoland Marine Research
• Main Authors: Gheerardyn, Hendrik, De Troch, Marleen, Vincx, Magda, Vanreusel, Ann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences; Porcupine Seabight; Lophelia pertusa; North East Atlantic; Copepods
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/868478; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-868478; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-009-0166-7; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/868478/file/868479

The influence of microhabitat type on the diversity and community structure of the harpacticoid copepod fauna associated with a cold-water coral degradation zone was investigated in the Porcupine Seabight (North-East Atlantic). Three substrate types were distinguished: dead fragments of the cold-wat...