Faunal zonation of large epibenthic invertebrates off North Carolina revisited Academic Article

abstract

• The dominant populations of large epibenthic megafauna off North Carolina were mapped in the 1960s from the upper continental slope out to the Hatteras Abyssal Plain using multi-shot sea-floor photography. The present re-analysis of the original data using contemporary computer-based methods and geo-referenced mapping (GIS) reveal that the overall patterns inferred initially can be substantiated. Individual species occurred in narrow depth bands that hugged the topography along the entire sampling area, but multi-species assemblages emerge with the modern, more formal quantitative methods. 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

authors

• Rowe, Gilbert

published proceedings

• DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

author list (cited authors)

• Wei, C., & Rowe, G. T.

citation count

• 6

complete list of authors

• Wei, Chih-Lin||Rowe, Gilbert T

publication date

• January 2009

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Deep-Sea Research Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography  Journal

keywords

• Deep-sea Faunal Zonation
• Epibenthic Invertebrates
• North Carolina (usa)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.05.006

start page

• 1830

end page

• 1833

volume

• 56

issue

• 19-20

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.05.006