Biodiversity and taxonomy of harpacticoid copepods associated with coral substrates of tropics and deep sea = Biodiversiteit en taxonomie van harpacticoide copepoden geassocieerd met koraalsubstraten van tropen en diepzee

• Main Author: Gheerardyn, H.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Hicks; Indian; Pacific; Porcupine Seabight; Seta; Lophelia pertusa; North Atlantic; Copepods
• Online Access: https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/276958.pdf

Tropical coral reefs are one of the most diverse habitats in the world’s oceans. By providing substrata for sedentary organisms, and food and shelter for mobile organisms, corals create a rich series of habitats for great numbers of species (Paulay, 1996). However, the true extent of the diversity o...