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, H., De Troch, M., Vincx, M., Vanreusel, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Cold water; Community composition; Corals; Microhabitats; Copepoda [copepods]; Harpacticoida; ANE; North East Atlantic; Porcupine Seabight; Lophelia pertusa; Copepods
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=143768

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...